Floor joists installed...
Left work Thursday at noon and loaded all the flooring, rim and floor joists. Stopped by Lowes in Zion Crossroads and picked up some 1/4 plywood to cover the bottom of the floor and keep critters out of insulation. About 2 miles from the property I heard this strange sound and noticed the Land rover was handling funny. Pulled off on a side street and checked the trailer tires....nothing wrong?!?... then I looked at the left rear tire. FLAT... took a while to get it changed because I was having trouble getting the lug nuts off. Interesting to change the wheel with the trailer still attached. It was probably easier because I used the jack on the trailer as well and the hydraulic jack.
Arrived at the property and and finished Cutting the posts to level the beams. The laser level worked well.
Hooked up the camper and headed to Bear Creek Lake state park and set up the camper. It was dark by the time I arrived, so went to bed immediately.
Got up the next morning and headed back to the property. Set the Rim joists and squared them up with the 90 degree angle on the Level. Starting installing the floor joists and a few were a bit out of true. Will need to shim some of them up.
Took a break at around 2pm and went back to the campground to shower. The dew point was very high and I drank huge amounts of Gatorade. Took a hot shower and enjoyed the A/C in the pop up. Returned to the property around 4pm and finished all the floor joist. Had to rethink my plan for covering the bottom of the floor. No way I could get all the plywood under the joists and keep the floor squared. Will have to resort to cutting the plywood and butting it into the beam. Weather was supposed to rain, so I covered the lumber on the trailer. Left around 8 pm and got back to the camp and passed out.
Saturday I had to get a 3/4 inch socket to bolt the beams to the footers. Took about 50 revolutions on each bolt to get it all the way down. Was sweating like crazy and had to rest after each bolt.
Finished installing all the joists and the weather band was forecasting another intense thunderstorm. Took everything off the trailer and put it on the cabin floor and covered it with a tarp.
Left as it was getting ready to storm and arrived back at the camp around 4pm and took a long nap. Storm came and dumped a bit of water but no Hail or 60mph winds. Got up and had a pizza from a local joint and went back to sleep with the sound of rain on the roof. Stopped by Sunday to drop off the trailer and it was so humid I decided to split. Got home around 3pm and have been just laying around recovering.
Next thing I will be doing is finishing the floor and insulation and setting the Corner post and beams. Hopefully this weekend, but it depends on the weather.
Arrived at the property and and finished Cutting the posts to level the beams. The laser level worked well.
Hooked up the camper and headed to Bear Creek Lake state park and set up the camper. It was dark by the time I arrived, so went to bed immediately.
Got up the next morning and headed back to the property. Set the Rim joists and squared them up with the 90 degree angle on the Level. Starting installing the floor joists and a few were a bit out of true. Will need to shim some of them up.
Took a break at around 2pm and went back to the campground to shower. The dew point was very high and I drank huge amounts of Gatorade. Took a hot shower and enjoyed the A/C in the pop up. Returned to the property around 4pm and finished all the floor joist. Had to rethink my plan for covering the bottom of the floor. No way I could get all the plywood under the joists and keep the floor squared. Will have to resort to cutting the plywood and butting it into the beam. Weather was supposed to rain, so I covered the lumber on the trailer. Left around 8 pm and got back to the camp and passed out.
Saturday I had to get a 3/4 inch socket to bolt the beams to the footers. Took about 50 revolutions on each bolt to get it all the way down. Was sweating like crazy and had to rest after each bolt.
Finished installing all the joists and the weather band was forecasting another intense thunderstorm. Took everything off the trailer and put it on the cabin floor and covered it with a tarp.
Left as it was getting ready to storm and arrived back at the camp around 4pm and took a long nap. Storm came and dumped a bit of water but no Hail or 60mph winds. Got up and had a pizza from a local joint and went back to sleep with the sound of rain on the roof. Stopped by Sunday to drop off the trailer and it was so humid I decided to split. Got home around 3pm and have been just laying around recovering.
Next thing I will be doing is finishing the floor and insulation and setting the Corner post and beams. Hopefully this weekend, but it depends on the weather.
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