N section of S airlock.
(Right of Bruce; can see window thru door opening.)
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| Hall section of SW bedroom closet. |
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| The wood pile is over half gone! |
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| Two red-tailed hawks. |
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| Closet door section goes in SW bedroom. |
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| View of south side of hallway. |
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| Part of south airlock in. |
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| N section of W wall of SW bedroom. N section of S airlock. |
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| From great room looking east down hallway. |
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| Otherside of S airlock section. (Right of Bruce; can see window thru door opening.) |
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| Temporary (I hope!) use for a clamp. |
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| You can never have enough clamps!! |
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| SW utility room top plate. |
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| North hall wall top plate. |
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| Bath & laundry top plates. |
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| West laundry room top plate. |
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| Temporary board above NW hall top plate. |
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| Mstr Bdrm entrance top plate. |
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| Complicated wall between MBdrm & Shower/Laundry. |
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| From above: East laundry/half bath walls. |
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| From above: Top plate detail. |
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| Turkeys cross south of the house. (There were more, but I was too slow!!) |
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| Using clamps to square up south wall; prepping to apply south wall top plate. |
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| Clamp-use close-up. |
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| Clamps "awaiting a job." (ha) |
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| South hall wall top-plate finished! |
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| Corner detail with 2x8 "leveling joist" above. This board is being used to help eye-ball the top-plates. Hoping for a level left floor, eventually, as the cement floor isn't perfectly level. |
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| Top plate of SW bedroom & south entry. |
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| North edge of loft floor header. Joist hangers will be applied to the south face to receive the joists. |
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| Bruce smiles after I exclaim "So many clamps!!" |
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| Three sets of clamps used to help install the joist hangers on the header. |
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| Clamp-o-rama!! |
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| End joist hanger. |
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| Joist hangers ready to be installed. |
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| Header ready to be hoisted above wall! |
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| North loft header set in place! |
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| Be berry berry careful! |
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| Section of loft above master closet laid out but not yet noe-tailed in. View from west, looking east. |
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| View from north looking south. |
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| Other end of joists where they end atop the hall closet just east of the future stairs. |
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| The stairs will go up from left to right (W>E) in this area. |
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| View of loft section above mstr bdrm. |
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| Bruce admires his work! |
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