I spent the last couple of nights cleaning my house and getting ready for the framing. After two nights of cleaning the thin layer of dust throughout the house was gone... only to return today.
I have also decided today that I'm going to keep a count of how many trips I make to Home Depot / Lowes. Lets start the count at 20 (first trip was on December 24th to get some copper while in NY). Add two more today to make it 22.
John Nahra showed up at about 8:15 this morning and we headed to Lowes to get all the lumber. John has been a huge help and has some solid framing skills.
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| John's pickup all loaded up |
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| Action shot |
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| Framed utility closet... this is where I cause a problem for the electrical panel. The wall going perpendicular to the panel is cutting down the "working clearance" required by code. I'll have to deal with it later. |
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| The first wall framed. This is the new corridor wall. |
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| John laying out a sill plate. |
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This is what is taking so long. There are a lot of pipes I have to avoid. I have to add a lot of pieces of blocking below the joists in order to get a top plate set.
After 10 hours of work I'm about 1/3 done. Thank you John for your work today. |
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