Or three days, rather? I struggle a bit, secretly, with deciding when or what is enough. The so-called eight-hour business day is very ingrained. Our contractors have typically started at…
Tag: beams
As expected, the fifth and final hole dug for the porch footings had layers of cinderblock three feet down, put there as a sort of footing for the original 4×4…
Yesterday was upper-body and arm day. Dug two holes and poured concrete for one, mounting the 6×6 post base in the top of the pier. Today was upper-body and arm…
Another thing I left out from Thursday’s report was the delivery midday of the building supplies I’d ordered in anticipation of being ready to proceed with interior projects. 56 sheetrock…
Didn’t post yesterday, because I dumped half a glass of water on my laptop, and I had to let it dry. And Marsh forgot her spare laptop, which we found…
April 14, 2014 April 17, 2014 April 17, 2014 July 3, 2014 July 3, 2014 July 3, 2014 Squirrel-poop, ho! Jason et al. quit for the long weekend leaving us…
A tutorial in soloing a sistered 2×6. Lay out the new beam. Cut to length. Cut the receiving notch on the 2nd-floor sill: Notch the beam ends for the support…
1. It is what it is. But you know that. 2. Rip it all down. But that’s just me. 3. Get all this out of here. All the insulation. Don’t…