Dski had a baby shower to attend on Sunday, so I let her off the hook...for one day. We worked all day Sat, but never got anywhere near what I wanted completed so I had to go back on Sunday by myself to wrap it up. Way too much driving. - We had to stuff all the joists with the proposed mechanicals. Now is the time since it will be impossible when the end walls are corked up and completed. None of it is assembled since I really haven't decided what and where, but having it in place will allow us to tie it all together when that time does come. - - Having the Georgia Pacific engineers go over my plans to design the second floor joist framing yielded an unexpected addition to our plan. Since we used such a narrow wall at the corner (adjacent to the OH door openings), I had to add a Simpson tie strap around the corner. It runs 10 feet in each direction. It's pretty hefty and was a bear to install. Worse than that, since it is so thick, I had to route a relief behind the OSB panels that are installed to complete the outside walls. Man, what a pain. - - - At the end of my solo day, we are very close to installing the 2nd floor decking. If the weather holds (and the W-man is predicting a beaut' this coming weekend), I hope to apply a 3-dayer to finish sheathing the OH door area and start pushing 4 x 8 subfloor panels uphill. - I am really burnin' out on this phase. I need new inspiration, so getting up to the second floor should be a buzz. Also, and more importantly, the subfloor decking that will be installed is a special weather resistant product that will create a roof to protect all the work underneath. VERY important for a 2 person crew slowly working thru the process on weekends. I stood on top of an 8' ladder. held the camera over my head, and tried to sneak a peak at what it might look like from the back end of the structure. Like I said....inspiration required.
