As I said before your framer has a large part in how your house will turn out. Hopefully you listened and contracted the best framer you could find. My framer saved me a ton of money. Issues will arise in the building process and most of them happen with the structure. My framer had to have multiple meetings with the truss company because the roof line was not matching up as stated in house plans. Yes these plans were approved, stamped, and went through the process of the county. But when it comes time to build, problems emerge and they can escalate rather quickly. This is where your framer shines. I had multiple framing bids and I am grateful of who I chose because half the others I could not understand. Yes they were cheaper, but how would they have dealt with the issues with the truss co? Would they have told me how to save money in areas where I had slipped? In my situation I was blind to many issues. My framer brought to my attention that every door in my house was an eight foot door. He asked me if this was something that I wanted or if he could install the average height for a door frame. I kept four of the doors at eight foot high and the rest of the house went to six. This little modification saved me thousands of dollars in door costs. So to summarize, the money you pay your framer is not just for his labor but his knowledge on costs of material. My house was a very difficult house to frame. I let my expert figure out how he was going to complete the job. This being said I still double checked work and made sure all walls were level and straight. That floors were screwed and glued. Earthquake brackets were all installed and that the job was moving along on schedule. I would occasionally find things that were missed and point them out to the framer. If he needed anything I was on it. I always had the next delivery there when he needed and helped a little with placing trusses. Its a good idea to constantly clean up and keep area free of materials. This way he could concentrate on the bigger task. I burnt all my scrap wood. If you wait until the end you will have an overwhelming amount of material to get rid of so keep on it.
Starting Framing
Not much to look at here.
Garage Framed
Here we have the garage framed up. A bonus room will be framed above the garage. I liked how my plans had no post in the middle of the garage so its all open space.
Checking Plans
This is me checking the framing plans. I am looking at my living room wall where I will install a gas fireplace.
Main Floor
The downstairs is starting to come together and rooms are starting to be framed.
Main Floor
Almost complete with the walls and rooms. Just need a little more time.
Second Floor
Finally started to frame the second floor. The main front door wall left unframed intentionally to create access for truss placement.
Stairs
Here is a picture of the stairs. I would recommend installing a temporary railing so no inspectors fall down your stairs.
Bonus Room
Here is my bonus room above garage. This went up quick because the room is actually prefabricated trusses.
Getting Close
This is a picture of the front of house. The most difficult roof section not framed yet. A huge 18 foot glue-lam beam needed to match up with beams on exterior patios.