A few problems solved

I met with Doug (GC) and Lonnie (owner of framing company). Reviewed a few issues: a.) there were a few 6’8” doors on main floor, but the rest were 8’. Doug thought this would look funny, I agreed; changing all first floor doors to 8’0” and all second floor doors to 7’0”.  b.) reviewed stairs- upper stairs will be all open, stairs to basement will be closed (wall between the two flights), all stairs will be solid hardwood with a carpet runner on top. c.) concrete walls on entry are a bit confusing. Lonnie and Doug figured out a solution. It looks like the architect plans and structural plans don’t match entirely, but they will frame it out, center the door, etc. and make it look right.  Seeing Doug working with the subs to solve these types of problems makes me appreciate the role of the GC.  

They may frame the basement tomorrow if they have downtime since the steel for the second floor won’t arrive until Wednesday.

Doug also said that raising the Frigidaire frig/freezer to the height of the toe kick should work fine. He just did it in a hi-end custom home in Boulder (the owner was really tall and wanted everything higher).

BTW, views line up perfectly from the great room window. Awesome.