Jim and I both had to go to the eye doctor and then to order new glasses this morning - nothing like waiting until the very end of the calendar year to use our insurance! Afterwards, we stopped at Lowe's to pick up more house wrap.
The day started out foggy and never let up - Angel looks very peaceful shrouded in thick fog! We got to the site after lunch to see what we could accomplish today.
Jim decided to work on ceiling joists - it was still too wet and icy to work outside. Jim did some prep work to get ready - brought up a stud that he put at the top of all the joists to make sure they were all level and to mark the joist by the valley rafter.
Then it was block assembly time...
Attaching and fastening the block to the rafter....
As you can see form the picture above, there isn't much room between the rafter that the joist needs to attach to and the valley rafter. So Jim had to make some custom cuts on the joist to get it to fit. First he used his saw...
...then the grinder to bevel the edges of the flanges so that it would fit.
Fastening it down at the wall connection...
Then we got another joist in place and Jim is fastening it down.
Fastening it down at the wall...
Then Jim went back and started putting all the final screws in the joists.
Putting the rest of the screws in the top joists.
Once Jim got the first section of both top and bottom joists totally fastened in place, he started dismantling one of the braces on the back wall.
The brace is down! This brace has been there since the back wall was originally built - so nice to see it come down!
Jim moved down the wall and did more fastening - enough to get one more brace down!
So on a damp, chilly and very foggy afternoon - we managed to still make some good progress!
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| High 37/Low 31 - foggy |
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