Days 8, 9 and 10

I missed a couple of days because of having to be at work but Ed and the crew made some excellent progress. Everyone is very excited about how the job is going. On Monday and Tuesday, Ed, Hector and Mike started to frame the back addition. Today the framing of the back continued. One of the This first photo shows the footing that we had to add on to today. The other 2x2x2 footing was slightly off center. So today, first thing, I dug a new hole 2x1.5x1.5 and poured more concrete so that the post that will hold up most of the house will be able to be in the center of the footing. It's nice to have people to work with who take pride in the quality and the pace of the work. Ed sets goals each day and they work hard to achieve the goals. Last night he told us that by the end of today that the "deck" would be on the addition and it happened. They started work just after 7am and finished just after 4pm. Besides being the trash guy today, I also attached the joist hangers, dug the previously mentioned hole, mixed some concrete, helped lay the floor and made a dunkin donuts run. In this photo, Hector and Ed are putting in the joists. The darker wood are LVLs. They are plywood glued together. One (actually 4) runs the length of the basement and will be a major support beam. There are several others as well.

Here I am nailing down the subfloor.

The view from the back of the house - there will be a 7.25" step up from the addition to the old part of the house. We had to do this so that we'd have enough headroom in the kitchen for our pantry.

Here's the view from the Living Room to what will be the entry.

We'll see what tomorrow brings -- maybe walls -- but first the rest of the floor needs to be finished.