After a few adjustments and framings, a floor was began:
No more words needed....
Presto, half of the main floor is finished.
I bet you could watch that animation all night and find all sorts of interesting details. Just watch the glue bottles disappear one bottle at a time. (bottom left)
The rest of this week was spent building the main basement walls. (outer, and middle mainframe Applying the OSB plywood before lifting wall: continuing... Wednesday morning we had a few visitors (other than the usual Turkeys): Building the basement garage door frame: outer walls complete (aside from a few pieces of OSB): DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME Building the middle wall: Today we received the floor trusses, which will be hoisted via crane and installed on Monday. Unloading the trusses:
Last week's lack of postings was due to the weather, the concrete pouring and my hiatus to neighboring cities.
Here's what happened: We built the form for the porch steps foundation: Concrete poured:
This week began the wood framing work. First we received some of the lumber: Beginning the wall building for the outer basement walls: Marking the lower and upper 2x4's for stud/jack placement: (the lower is treated) First segment is stood up and set into place: Other segments are added: Finished for the day!
