This house is in Arroyo Grande, Ca in a new development called Cherry Creek. It's one of the few new developments in the area and is shaping up to be a charming group of new homes. PCW built a house for Rancho Construction two years ago in the same development and now is building another for one of the creators of the development. The fun thing about working on this house is that it rests behind a house that the Whitakers used to live in. Chad, Coby and their older brother used to play in what it once was, a walnut orchard and the walnut trees pictured once had forts in them built by the three boys.
PCW was contracted to do the concrete, framing, roof, siding and the flat work for the house. It is a raised foundation which the owners wanted for the fact that it provides a softer floor and offers a bit more flood protection, as the area has flooded historically.
The residence boasts porches on nearly a third of the house that will be covered and offer additional outdoor living space.
Phil with his supervisor keeping a close eye on what he is doing. Phil usually lays out his crew with door and window openings and then turns them loose to frame the walls and roof.
The garage was stick framed by Chad and David while Coby and Phil prepared "packages." Packages refer to doors and windows, their headers and cripples, which are framed first when one wants to imploy the western framing technique. Western framing means that the walls are framed on the ground then stood and tacked together. After all the walls are stood the crew goes back through and plums each wall and corner and then lines them, making sure they are straight and braced before the roof system is set.
Packages being laid out in front of the crew.
Western framing.
Of course music is nice to have while working and Chad is especially adamant about what station is played.
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