Dead dog tired..making progress

[FlintTony]

Originally Posted by RBeckman

I like that there are no load bearing internal walls and this way may save money.

Yep, no load bearing walls. I'm thinking that we'll have open ceilings in the front half of the house. Exposed, boxed trusses, with planking at the roof. It cost me about 25% more to build this way than conventional stick-framed. My brother Doug is a licensed Master carpenter and he carries a Contractors liscense in Michigan and Florida. We had a couple of arguments. He wanted to build it ourselves, stick style. Said we could save a ton of money, but I wanted this style.