Thanksgiving Morn on the Sub-Floor

LOL! If I am going to blog about building a house I need to get my jargon straight. True that the rafters are a future step; but they are not what I was standing beneath in my last post. Sub-floor boards over the basement/crawl space were what I was looking up at.

rafter raf·ter1 noun

any of the sloping supporting timbers, beams, or boards that run from the ridge beam of a roof to its edge (((Encarta® World English)))

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Onward! It was Thanksgiving morning when I came into write at 8.30. And the music I was writing to was the buzz of Arthur on the chop saw and Kevin on the skill saw with a few interludes on the compressor punctuated by the nail gun. Yes, the title of the tune was Sub-Floors.

I ran out to take a few pictures and as usual, am delighted with the progress.

~Cheryl

Summer Helper Goes Back To School

Arthur bought a new Nintendo DS this summer from the money he made working with Kevin. He says working the Backhoe is just like another one of his games. He has also decided that manual labor is NOT his future career (Yay!, but he is learning and will keep these skills to enhance his pool of talents.)

He begins 6th grade to day and Kevin will miss his summer helper. It has been a busy summer!

Board cut count has been updated!

Framing Package: COMPLETE!

Board 

Count:                Size:

93                        2x6x10

7                          2x6x12

97                        2x6x8

20                        2x6x16

52                        2x12x17

3                          2x8x16

Sub-Floor Package: Requires 1376 Square Feet ~ 1X6x Random Lengths

Complete: 576 Square Feet

In Progress: 800 Square Feet

~ Cheryl