Wow - Look what can get done in a day if you get to it.

With a full days work on the house it is progressing very well.  Last evening the framers had 9 of the 21 exterior wall units in place.  Today all 21 are in place and all the interior walls have been framed.  With all the major rough in put in place, the HVAC guy (thanks for family with skills, David is awesome) and I spend the evening planning out the duct work.  The general contractor is thinking that the plumbing, electrical and HVAC work will happen starting next Tuesday.  David will have just 3 days to complete all the HVAC. Then a week from tomorrow we are suppose to have an inspection. 

If all goes well we can install the CAT-5 and coaxial cabling a week from Saturday and the insulation and sheet rocking will start the following Tuesday.

It is totally awesome how homes are built these days. The wall and trusses are mostly manufactured off site and then installed as units that are engineered to the specs on the floor plan.  This is how you can have a home 90 days from the day that the hole is put in the ground.  While our home is not a custom home, we have had some customization of the stock plans to include a full walkout in the basement, enlarged pantry, and modified master bath and changes to some of the exterior doors and windows.  With a 95% efficient furnace, 17 seer A/C unit and 6 inch exterior walls we are hoping to stay toasty warm in the winter and cool in the summer.  I may not be as cheap as heating and cooling our current home, we figure it will not be to much more expensive.  Our current home only has a 80% efficient furnace and a 12 seer A/C unit but it is only 2000 square feet and our new home is 3600.  And to top it all off we have a three car garage.  Hurray! no more scraping the windows on the vehicles in the winter or hopping into the baking heat in the summer.  (Yes the garage is also fully insulated.)