8.28.2014

Jim had a change in his plans as far as the door frames go.  Although he designed them so that they wouldn't ever be exposed to water at the sill, he decided to go ahead and make them out of treated wood.  We had bought it at Lowe's when we went last night and he was still deciding which way he wanted to proceed.

So today, he took the other ones out and made new ones and got everything all buttoned up again.  Plus look at all that bracing on the new wall section!

 

He has all of the door frames back in place except for the end one where he still needs to do a few things before that one gets installed.

Then....the man door header!  Although this won't be set in concrete until the next pour, it helps to keep everything straight and square.  And it looks so cool too - you can just see the door there!

At the end of the afternoon, Jim switched gears and worked on making his own taper top sections for the brick ledges - cutting out the teeth and tapering the foam inside so the concrete flows to the edges.  He started today in the back - in the squishy section - so he had to work off a totally straight ladder!  As with all jobs back here, it will be easier when he gets to the end where there is more room.