Garage walls are up

The blocks for the garage walls are up and ready to pour but first I forgot to post some final pictures of what the basement looks like with all the subfloor LiteDeck in place.

 You can see the temporary supports holding up the 2x6 joists.  It's strong enough to walk on, but will need more bracing for the pour, whenever that happens.  It's now too cold to pour the floor since it's very difficult to keep ice from forming on such a broad surface.  Pouring walls in freezing temperatures is possible since you only have to protect the top.  The styrofoam insulates the already exothermic concrete curing process.

 Still getting used to the scale of the build.  Final square footage for the first and second floor is just under 5000 square feet so the basement is around 2500 square feet.  Larger than our current house, but standing in it, I can't tell.

 The full height of the garage walls is up.

 Here's what it looks like from the lower elevation.  We'll need some creative landscaping on that corner of the house to account for the elevation changes.  I see retaining walls in our future.

 Looking over the gazebo at the back of the garage.  You can fully see the rear garage door.  I think I'll be really glad we installed that.

 Here's the current state of the gazebo.  They backfilled one part of the rear porch.  I'm not sure why, but we'll still get some storage space out of the other part and we'll be able to take down some of the fill in the gazebo.

 I ventured out onto the LiteDeck to get an idea of what the view will be like from the great room.  Luckily, most of the opposite shoreline is a wildlife preserve, so we'll never be looking into someone else's house.

 Here's the back wall of the garage again.  The bucks are in for the garage doors.

 A nice shot of the length of the garage.  You can see the framing of the window.  It's a huge window.  I didn't expect it to be so large, but it will be nice for some light.

There's the garage.Not sure when the pour is going to happen.  I the garage might be the only place on the house we'll need a gutter.  The roof will have a gable end on the right so the roof pitch is forward and backwards.  There aren't any plans to have an extended overhand or anything, but we would like a decorative pergola trellis over each door. Copper gutter anyone?