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                                   Building Our House in the Caribbean

Step 25 - Upper Level Walls Go Up
 
                                                           WE CONSTRUCTED THE UPPER WALLS IN TWO PHASES. 
                                         THE MASTER AND GUEST BEDROOM WALLS WERE CONSTRUCTED FIRST,
                  AND THEN WE CONSTRUCTED THE GREAT ROOM, GARAGE, FOYER, AND LAUNDRY ROOM WALLS. 

                               
                 There was lots of plumbing and electrical installed and then the outside forms went up...with lots of bracing.

                We had to get the column footings poured, since the columns are needed for concrete roofs

    

 
                     We used a boom truck on the walls, but it was really messy with concrete flying everywhere--yucch!

                                                                  
                                                                                We have half of a house


                           
                                                              The garage and great room forms go up next


                                                    
                                                            The walls are up and we can visualize the house now

                       
                              Jeannette stops by for wine at our "open house" and Chip does his Princess Leia imitation