The crew that has been framing our new house is roughly four days ahead of schedule. Aside from some pick-up work here and there -- getting the white siding up for the porch eves, etc. -- the framers are pretty much done.

However, because this is a production builder that's running the whole show, that doesn't mean that the house is going to be ahead of schedule. A production builder coordinates the assembly of dozens upon dozens of houses (if not more) at any given time. Just because our framers are ahead of schedule doesn't mean the next crew to work on our house is ahead of schedule on whichever house they are currently working on.

ie, The plumbers will most likely come in to work on our house on the day they are scheduled to. Likewise, the roofers will show up when they are scheduled to show up. Just because one crew finishes early doesn't mean that the rest of a given job moves up. It simply means that the framing crew has a little bit of slop time now between this and their next scheduled house to frame.

Still, it's nice to see things moving along. Any time one crew gets their job done correctly and on time (or early) is one less potential roadblock to our house being completed on time. Near as I can tell, this crew put up the correct number of walls for the correct number of rooms . . . not, of course, that I'd know, since I'm not actually allowed to go in just yet. Safety reasons, you understand.

All that said, there probably won't be much new to see for the next few days, as the house sits and waits for the roofers and the plumbing crew to work their magic.

Yes, it's true, I'm still excited.