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Good Bones

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When you spend all summer with your family & friends burning trees, brush and sticks you sometimes lose sight of the fact that while it's a great excuse to drink beer and run a chainsaw, the original intent is really to build a new home.  From the previous post you can see the heated slab is complete.  The tubing for the heat is in, the water lines are run, and the ports for the septic and well are ready to be connected.   There was a little time delay in getting the framing complete due to weather and scheduling.  I am pleased to announce that the outside framing is complete.  The trusses have been put in place.  Tyvek is now wrapped around the house.  The roof is now sheeted.  It's not weather proof yet but I raised some questions to the builder.  My concern was that I know the 2X6's for the walls is not green treated, nor are any of the materials used to frame the house.  I had some questions about mold given the fact that snow and moisture were no doubt included in