Something to show for it

Photo by Joe the Photographer

Yes, it is absolutely level. Something new in this old house.

It took a full day of drilling holes and then bolting 36 stubborn tie rods into place, but the micro lams (green board in the photo above) are finally secured to the founding walls so at close of business today, the first floor joist was hoisted into place, just because everyone wanted to see something new in exchange for a day of hard labor.
Tomorrow morning the rest of the joists will go up quickly, and then the subfloor. Stan's so tired he can't raise his arms over his head without assistance, Advil tonight. Emily's here for an overnight but Grandpa just isn't that much fun, he'll be in bed before she is. Grandma will stay up "late."
She had a plate of ribs and fixin's ready for the old man when he got home.