Journal of Progress--July 15-21

 Monday, July 15,2018
Don didn't make any notes and Barbara didn't take any pictures.  He spent his work time building more spacers and attach them.

Tuesday, July 16, 2018
Don continued working on the spacers and floor joists.                                                                                                                        
Wednesday, July 18, 2018

This morning installed the last “normal” joist, and the east rim joist, leaving just one joist left to install, plus the ones over the stair well to cut. At least, I think I’ve figured out how to do that. Spent the afternoon making a run to Tooele Home Depot and to Stockton for lumber and other stuff. Took the truck, pulling the trailer, in case I needed both, and to give the truck a workout and test. Truck performed admirably, getting about twice the mileage it got before A brother from church worked on the carburetor for me. Still needs some more work, but it’s getting there.






Thursday, July 19, 2018

Another big day!  Installed the last joist, and it was, predictably, a bugger that took me most of the morning to do. In the afternoon, I made and installed simple jigs to cut each of the three joists that extend over the stairwell. I’ll cut them in the morning. Also got the preliminary electrical done. All the boxes are installed, and most of the wiring is stubbed in. And, I took delivery of all of the subfloor for the attic and all the sheathing I’m going to need for the walls and the roof! All that in one day. Wow!

Tomorrow, some of the brothers from the ward are supposed to show up with equipment to put the subfloor up on the joists, so I can begin decking! Things are truly happening fast. Guess that’s what you expect when you hire someone to do something. I could have stubbed in the wiring myself, but I feel safer with a journeyman electrician on the job.
You'll notice the blue electrical boxes for lights and switches in these pictures as well as wiring going through the spacers and walls. 


Cutting one of the last joists off.
Down it comes!
Watch out below!


Tight working space.
One of the electricians consulting with Don.  It is really different when you build a house this way.  Normally, you move into a house and adapt yourself to wherever the outlets are and what they can accommodate.  Here it is, we want the fridge here, the microwave here, the freezer here, a plug for blender here, etc. etc.  Some places we want remote switches, some places, two way switches, etc.  It is curious to think all of that through when you are in process of building, long before you'll actually live there.

The electrical guys helping get the heavy, 24' rim boards on the top.  Don guess they are between 150-200 lbs.



Oh, ho, the Wells Fargo Wagon is a coming down the street.  That is what we feel like when Home Depot comes for us.  UPS has come for us twice as well.  It's that kind of excitement.

We've got at least one grandson who would have thrilled to be here for this.






Friday, July 20, 2018

Took advantage of a day with no electricians in the way, to clean up.
 
Don pushing up a board to create a platform so he can work on top.






We had at least two neighbors come and offer to help Don get the subfloor up on top.  I guess they must have seen him put the platform pieces up by himself and thought he was going to try and do the whole thing by himself.  He was not.  A brother from church had offered to come in the evening with equipment to put it up.

The three joists that have yet to be cut out over the stairs.



The brother did come in the evening but he said his equipment couldn't handle the weight of these boards.  He handed them up to Don one by one.


Last one up.
This man is big compared to Don.

We've also had some interesting skies this week.  Immediately below is Venus next to a crescent moon in the early evening sky.

This was a rather interesting early morning sky.

And this is a sunset looking northwest.

Sunset looking northeast at the same time.

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