First floor walls are almost done

As the title suggests, the first floor walls are in and mostly complete.  I say mostly because some of the sheating still needs to be installed and at least one of the headers put into place.

But, now we have a full "box" so if nothing else it makes it easier to cover with the tarp:-)

Monday should see them framing up the few interior walls that will exist in this new construction space, as well as a few structural sections and posts that will help support the 2nd floor floor joists.

Onward and upward!


This is the wall that will have most of the kitchen cabinets.  The opening to the left of the left brace is for the kitchen sink window (not fully framed out yet).

This is the opening for the windows in the new family room that will look out over the back yard:

In this view, the wall opposite the driveway is in front and the rear-yard facing wall on the right.  The window openings on the driveway wall have not been fully cut out yet...but they are spaced roughly 5 feet apart from each other...to allow for a TV to be mounted on the wall in between them, which would be easily viewable from the kitchen.

First floor framing continues...

Made a bit more progress today.  The first floor tongue and groove subfloor is in (glued and nailed), most of the end blocking of the joists has been done, and one of the walls has been put up.  The new basement space now really feels like an actual basement.  The biggest thing is that now it's completely covered, so I don't need to worry about precipitation getting in there and then having to shovel/pump it out.  That was getting really tedious, especially with all the rain we've been having.

The major delay today was that we discovered the rear of home had been sagging nearly 3/4" from one side to the other.  So, on one side the new floor lined up OK with the existing floor, and on the other side it was off by 3/4".  So, some time was spent jacking up and then installing new supports in the basement to get everything level.

Tomorrow the wall framing will continue.  I expect the other two 1st floor walls will be completed and most of the openings for the windows/doors should be cut out.  They may also get some of the interior load-bearing beams and posts in place as well, we will see.

Before the wall was put up: