Homebuilding in Wasilla Alaska
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We roll trusses on June 12, 2001.!!!!!

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Trusses arrive 0730 on a 40 foot semi, we are filled with anticipation.
Oops they can't get the truck in the driveway. The truck in the foreground is the boomtruck.
Scale shot
Send for another truck, load trusses onto other truck, drive into driveway, unload truck in driveway, operation completed 0930.
Trusses on the wall 4:30 pm, that was a tough day.
Closeup of Dons room, some assembly still required.
Fascia going on, the start of a lot of roof.
The house is starting to look like the design on the computer.
Thats a lot of plywood.
Truss detail.
More fascia
Looking up the stairs
Looking out of Don's Study, framed window on floor is 5 feet wide, 4 feet tall.
Laying out the California fill, notice the sky!
Building the valley
Close up. Arggggh. Oh yeah, these photos are taken about 10:00 pm. Mentioned not for how late we work but how light it is.
Gretchen on the front porch (for scale)
The back needs to be sheeted, ugh.
The last bit of fascia is being primed and getting ready to go on the wall.
The plywood is completed on the roof. June 20th, 2001
The entire house is now dried in, shingles arrive tomorrow.
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