" When we were last week we had a foundation poured and that was about it. And now we've got the basic addition to the house already right?"

" This is the, yeah we do, this is the kitchen area the eating area of the kitchen."

" And we'll have a gigantic window in here and another huge window over here in this corner."

" Mm-hmm."

" Are they picture windows Larry?"

" They're awning units underneath, 3 units mold together."

" So that the top will really be like a picture window glass."

" Basically, you'll see 3 big sections up top with awnings that open up underneath."

" Now, give me an idea of the events that happen here to get this far from the time we poured the foundation?"

" Well 4 days ago we strip the forms Bob and at that point we had to square up the sill plate, the double sill plate, pressure treated wood."

" Right."

" So we square it up to the existing post,"

" so that the kitchen it's a very important room so that everything comes out nice,"

" Yeah."

" inside and then what we did was built our floor system on top of that,"

" Mm-hmm."

" which has inside of it installation because it's a crawl space underneath."

" Right."

" And then we took these walls up."

" The floor looks pretty good and tight Reilly."

" Right, well something worth noting is that the importance of making sure the top of the foundation is in the right spot. So of course..."

" You can see this right over here."

" That's right. When you relay your sill and you're joist stand then you'll get your new sub floor, you wanna make sure that you have a nice flash transition when you're going from the old to the new. And you could bring this finished floor right straight across."

" Yeah, but that really is critical that you get the top foundation to line up right."

" That's what tells the tale."

" Now let's talk about this wall here, is it all finished?"

" Just about ready to go."

" Let's describe what we've got, this is the doorway obviously right Larry?"

" Yes, ones this will be the door way for the kitchen entry."

" Into the garden."

" Correct."

" And they'll be a back of cabinets' right along this one -- underneath this window here."

" Let's just quickly look at the way it's laid out 'cause if we look at the corner over here you got regular studs that are always laid out 16 inches on center and you can see that if you look at the top plate."

" The marks."

" And then in the door away you've got a pair of studs and a pair of jack studs that come to just below the door."

" Header."

" And support the header."

" Yes."

" Right, and then over here, what do you call this?"

" This is a partition packer Bob. And this is what do we do is whenever you have one wall coming in through another wall at a perpendicular angle."

" Right."

" All you do is you take 3 steps and you put them together like that."

" That's it."

" The next wall will meet it there."

" It's got enough nails and it's ready to go."

" Oh yeah, it's all set."

" Well, why don't we all pitch in huh."

" Okay."

" Not much weight to this thing."

" And that of course the most important part of the equation is getting that corner."

" Here's he got a [unk]"

" Good and plumb."

" Good and plumb. Ones you got one nail in it. Good, that'll hold. You know the question that comes to mind is how do you keep track of all the different parts of the construction job?"

" Well for this project we've got a construction flow chart on."

" Let's take a look at it."

" Okay."

" Alright now Reilly, what is the purpose of our construction flow chart?"

" Well this is that it will help us keep track of the amount of time it takes us to complete the construction."

" The different aspects of the job."

" That's right and we know in this case that we want to get this people back into this house by then end of July which gives us 3 months, May, June and July."

" Larry why don't you step in a minute and let's talk about what all this numbers represent."

" Well Bob, last week we've completed the foundation."

" That's in the first week of May, right?"

" Exactly. And we've demo the 1st floor, basically we're still doing a little bit here and there as you can see. The addition jack and wall frame actually have been completed."

" Yeah, we were just there."

" And the demo of the outer walls is gonna go somewhat synonymous with the roof, but we're working on that right at the moment also."

" Still in the 2nd week."

" Correct. The new walls of the 1st floor will be completed by the end of this week."

" Now those are the interior structural walls that they're been."

" Really the outer walls. The interior 1st floor walls are already completed."

" Okay, yeah."

" And, well were just waiting for window, a weather that we can guarantee as a solid week time without getting major weather patterns."

" To remove the roof."

" To remove the roof and start on the new 2nd floor deck. And it's important to keep an idea of where we would like to be in the next few weeks in this 2, 3 weeks span here."

" Right."

" To get this house weather tight."

" That's the key, yeah."

" It's extremely important."

" 'Cause you only really put in all this elements which are the rough framing the rough construction which are key, ones you're weather tight then you can start working on schedule, right?"

" Bring in the subs and get over there."

" Yeah, bringing all the different subs for the electrical work in the dry wall etc. and of course in the next couple of weeks we'll inject all those elements into..."

" Correct it doesn't the all of us to do that right at this point 'cause we've got a plus and minus."

" Yeah, but the big challenge is that by the end of July we gotta have this people coming back in the house."

" Absolutely Bob."

" And you got to give them an occupancy permit."