Frame Raising Day
Leading up to raising day the following questions had been dogging me: Will the weather hold up? Will enough people […]
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Leading up to raising day the following questions had been dogging me: Will the weather hold up? Will enough people […]
Read more →This week we made preparations for raising day. Top of the list of the preparations was assembling the bents (wall […]
Read more →The joinery is cut, the sub-floor is installed and so the time has come to raise the frame. Barring adverse […]
Read more →When we installed the grade beams I didn’t have complete confidence in the stick level readings. So on Monday, I […]
Read more →While researching for this project I’ve watched many a diy construction video. Several months ago I stumbled upon Larry Haun. […]
Read more →This week was all about flooring. Structural flooring that is. The architectural, aesthetically pleasing portion of flooring is still a […]
Read more →I had hoped that I could I have titled this post “Last Beam and Floor Construction Finished” but alas the […]
Read more →The joinery continued on this week with the tie beams and plate beams. We also managed to do some rafters […]
Read more →We finished up the posts this week and moved on the first of the beams. I thought the 8×8 posts […]
Read more →The lumber for our timber frame was delivered last week before we poured the piers. My friend John came out […]
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