By the end of the day, this is what we had -- level beams! Now come the floor joists, which Dave can put in himself. And the addition gets built up from there.
Up this week: Talking to the man who's going to do the spray-foam insulation in the ceiling, talking to the plumber to see when he can come to do the rough plumbing, and talking to a local construction crew to get an estimate on putting on siding. All work we don't have to do! Of course, we can watch the money getting sucked out of the bank account as the work gets done, but as they say, time is money, and it will be nice to hopefully get some things done during the hours that Dave is working. At his paying job, that is.
Dave is also planning on finishing the grout on the tile for the pad below the stove. Putting the chimney in place will wait a while, since where the chimney ended up means we actually need one more section of chimney pipe. Dave needs to order that section, and it makes more sense to actually have that section before doing the rest of the chimney.
We're moving toward the goal of getting the stove out of the van, but it looks like it might be there for a week or two yet.
... The New York Times had another fun article about the joys of do-it-yourselfing ... or actually, the joys of having do-it-yourself projects televised. I admit I love those shows. I've had them on in the background while I babysat my nieces. They lure you in -- it looks so easy to dress up a room for $300 and a weekend. "Yet in the end DIY (the TV network) thrives on sheer fantasy," as the article notes. We've now learned firsthand it's not so easy! It's not too hard to get a project done when you already know how to do it. It's the learning curve that causes the problems. And the realities of space constraints, old buildings that aren't square, lumber that's not quite straight, and so on.
But hey, the house is getting built! Apparently do-it-yourselfing is possible, even if occasionally our version would make for poor television.
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