Loft is in!

Another Thursday spent in the rain at TC installing the loft's joist framing.  The Thinker's Box now has an 11'8" X 13'4" second story "storage" area with one heck of a view.  Two luxuries that I enjoyed this time around was a cold day, a steady cool breeze and working under the protective shield of a tarp for a roof.

The overall framing went up without much trouble.  It took quite a bit of time because of the additional rigging needed to install the 2X8X12' lumber by myself.  Once I figured out the methodology and implemented the steps, it was steady work.

Once the joists were in place, I thought it would be a good time to block between them.  Instead of running one blocking row down the middle, I split the floor joist run into thirds and installed two rows.  The result was a very stiff upper deck which will only become more solid once the 1/2 tongue and groove OSB is installed on the next trip.

Weather report:  It rained from midnight through 8:45AM Thursday.  Once the rain had passed, I was able to work in cloudy conditions that changed to partly sunny, breezy and quite cool.  Because of the early morning rain, I decided not to purchase the OSB.  I'll haul it up to camp on a day that is dry and I've got my fingers crossed that this may be next Thursday?!

I'll bring you up to day next week when I return!

Dj