As easy as the North wall was to place, the South wall was quite the inverse. And that’s my fault. Due to my lack of general experience in framing, or building houses, I’ve erred on the side of caution and OVERbuilt the majority of our home. Prior to the tongue and groove being installed, I would often sit and count the extra, unnecessary studs that I used as “extra” support. This is a perfect example. (more…)
“What did you want to be when you were a kid?” It’s a common question people ask each other. Often, I say that I never really knew, and I still don’t. But that’s not entirely true. Let me share my secret with you. (more…)
I had to run into town to pick up some more nails for the nail gun, so that cut into my progress for Day 7. What is an inconvenience is also a blessing. Time spent traveling into town derails advancement of the task, but it also gives me a nice break. It’s a bittersweet feeling; a necessary evil. My task for today was to finish the subfloor and frame the North knee wall. (more…)
It’s a funny thing, writing these posts about our build. Next to my word processor I have a list in my sticky notes that reflects my daily jottings of the progress we made. On it, I can see Day 5,6,7, etc. All the way up to Day 87 (as of today). Yet, when writing about what we accomplished, I can honestly relive it. And it seems like just yesterday that we were putting down the subfloor in the loft. (more…)
Now that all four walls of the main floor had been sheeted, I was eager to get things moving to frame our loft. A co-worker with experience in construction had suggested I sheet the walls prior to framing the second floor and roof. He said this would give rigidity to the structure and help to tie the studs together. That makes sense, but I also knew that OSB degrades when exposed to the elements. The race was on. (more…)
When I began the process of designing this website and blog, I had to seriously ask myself the question “why?” Let me back track a little bit; I should have titled this post “The reason why I post and all that entails,” but that seems too wordy. (more…)