Another Day, A Lot More House

Today was a very productive day! Kenny has worked with the crew most of the week. He wanted me to remind everyone that we have been under a severe weather advisory - it's been in the high 90-degree temps with 70% humidity. (That's a heat index of about 105 degrees.) I worked today too - painting the shed siding, cleaning up the site, and taping joints on our exterior foam sheeting.

Above is the view down the stairwell to the basement - er, ah, pool. (You wouldn't believe how many tadpoles are taking up residence down there!) Seriously, we'll be pumping out the basement as soon as we get "dried in" or under roof. Below is the view out the garage door openings.

Here is a view of the great room being framed. Yes, the whole thing is continuous 2x6, 18 foot tall studs. They are spaced 12" OC. We needed this structurally per our engineer, but it was a real pain getting it framed today.
The other picture shows the sun coming in the low windows along the great room floor - this really shows the impact that the passive solar design will have on the house.