Trusses

After removing the garage roof, we needed to install engineered trusses to support the 2nd story addition.   The design of the trusses is done by an engineer and truss construction is basic using only 2x4's.  But the installation is backbreaking as they were all manually lifted onto the roof, including one that was a double truss lag-bolted together.  It took 5 of us to carry it and Pappy tripped and it fell on his shin but luckily no broken bones.  Anyway, the after picture looks better than the during...

After getting the trusses installed we added 3/4" tongue and groove plywood subflooring.

While not really  needed, I went ahead and added waterproofing sealant to the subfloor.  Three gallons of Olympic via a hand sprayer.

The past few weeks have been very hectic because we were given 30 days' notice in our rental (while I was mule deer hunting in Wyoming).  We had to find a new rental, move everything, and continue with construction.  So in this next pic you can see the top of our rental Pod in the background.  We moved into a condo downtown last week (just in time for ACL) but stored some of our bulky things at the new house in the Pod.  But back to construction...in the pic below, the staircase to the upstairs will enter in the center at the shingled roof.  There will be a bedroom on the left and right of the center line, and the projection at the far end of the roof will be the shared jack and jill bathroom.  Theo wants the right hand (backyard) bedroom.

Finally, here's a pic of the fun to come on Monday.  Due to the newly designed open floorplan, we have to install a 30' steel ibeam in the ceiling...