west wall is plumb

 Martin is back at work at an tigin.  He spent yesterday making the west wall plumb. He had to set up a winch and ropes. Before he pulled the wall in, he had to remove the shims and extra board that he had to have in place to fill gaps while the wall was canted.

Short break

Hi Everyone,

Martin ended up heading to New York city to do a specialty stair job for his brother.  He is back, but while he was in NY, he came down with a miserable cold and is not headed to an tigin any time soon.

Once he is healthy, he has a local job to do.

As soon as we are making forward progress on an tigin again, I'll be posting with pictures again.
Until then, enjoy the onset of spring.

bulk head door

The bulk head door has been installed. It took a bit of fussy work, but it finally went in. One less tarp to cover the bulk head stairway.

second floor

Most of the joists and underlayment for the second floor are in. Where the rafters meet the edges of the first floor walls the joists and underlayment still need to be installed.  That can't be done until the rafters are raised or the roof comes off. 

milestone

The first floor is framed in!

 In the above picture, I am standing in the kitchen looking at the northeast corner. The downstairs bathroom will be installed there.  The picture below is taken from the living room looking into the kitchen/dining room.

 The view below is of the living room, front door, and bay window.

 Standing in the living room (below), you can see the stairs that head to the second floor, which doesn't quite exist yet.

 The multi-purpose room (below) is mostly framed in. We are planning on using it as a library/office/computer room and it will be useable as a guest bedroom in a pinch.