Level Two

As I get set to work this year, I noticed that I had not yet published this post from the end of last season. So, I will do that now as I get ready to start the new season.

Unlike last year when I worked outside and seldom had anything to show, this year I can stand back at the end of the day and see progress. An insurance agent once told my uncle and me, as we were taking a break from adding on to his house, that he was envious that we could do that.

So, looking up from the kitchen and the downstairs bedrooms, one sees joists.

And, if one climbs the stairs and looks down, the view of the kitchen is slightly blocked by...joists.

Then, after a few days work, the joists are covered

with the subfloor--4x8 sheets of tongue-and-groove plywood.

Notice the cool Xs. Bridging. Those little pieces of wood are nailed at the top and will be nailed at the bottom before the sheet rock in installed. The add a tremendous amount of stability to the floor.

Standing at the top of the stairs, almost from the
same spot as the second joist picture
was taken.

I still have some smaller pieces to put in, then I need to build the wall and rail so people don't fall off to the floor below. Then, I will build the rest of the interior walls up there. Time permitting, I will get the third floor built, or at least get the rim joists in place.

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