greenspree.ca at The Sietch

Last week I was on vacation and we started framing work on the house. We started Saturday morning (Sept 1) with this:

And ended last night (Sept 9) with this:

The framing of the house was planned so that a 18-19 inch straw bale stacked vertically will fit snugly between the studs spaced at 19.2″ centers. We also lined up all structural elements from the trusses to the studs and floor beams for a direct transmission of forces through to the ground.

The second floor was made of 4×8 spruce beams spaced at 19.2″ c/c and topped with 2×6 T&G v-joint spruce with the v-joint pointed down to become the ceiling of the first floor with exposed beams and the flat side up to be the finish floor of the second floor. All boards were toenailed and then set through the tougue so there are no exposed fasteners.

We have the roof up and sheathed, and only have the gable end walls on the second floor left to frame. With a week or two left before the straw is baled we are busy busy busy!

For a full pictoral of the foundation and framing process please visit here: http://greenspree.ca/?p=584