Over the last couple of weeks I finally raised beams #2 and 3 into place, which means that the foundation in the 2002 addition of the house is finally reinforced. It's nice to not have to crawl around underneath the place for a change. That means that I'm ready to move on to a lot of other activities now.
I was originally going to move straight into redoing the living room and kitchen and then progress on to a couple of smaller things, but I learned something this summer. It's hot here. Really, REALLY hot. Outdoor activities like pulling out the endless number of weeds from the landscaping near the house and doing anything that involves movement is horrible. If I start on the living room and kitchen now I'll wrap up just in time to start the outdoor stuff in the hottest time of the year. Instead, I'm going to paint the house, take care of the landscaping and the other two garage doors before working indoors.
What this really means is that I'll be working on this stuff off and on for maybe 2-3 months if I take my time. It may not be the most interesting stuff to post about, but it's better than occasional updates with pictures that look like I took them from inside a cave. Speaking of, here are a few from the foundation work.
The red is from a marker - not because something bad happened.
The bottom of the joists aren't all even with each other, probably due to the moisture that built up from the insulation that's now gone. They're cupped slightly and I made shims to take up the difference between them.
This is the third beam in place. The sad thing about all of this is that I didn't use a drop light until the very end. I was just carrying a small flashlight with me. I also did all the nailing by hand, except on the last beam when I bought a framing nailer. I'll get loads of use out of that when we start moving walls around.
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