Playing with the Basement Floor Again

The main floor is all on, glued and nailed. At first I started nailing it with ordinary 2.5 inch nails, but then got clued in to use ring shank nails or screws. Live and learn. Three walls are all sheeted and nailed, the fourth wall is going to remain open for a little bit longer for access.

Well I can kinda see the end in sight, of the foundation construction anyway. I still have a bunch of smaller little things to take care of before the inspection. I don't even want to say how long, because I am always wrong on that one anyway.

It is kinda neat to be at a stage where I can turn on some heat and be out of the snow and stuff while building. Just about half of the basement floor is insulated and ready to be permanantly screwed down. But I do have some little things to work around and seal off where the plumbing comes through, and the floor drain and at the sump. I guess I might have to build some stairs pretty quick once the floor is all done also. And then there are other little items that need done. It seems those little things takes up a fair bit of my time. To much thinking I guess.

There are bunch of other things I'm wondering about also. I guess I'll just get mr permit man out here, and he can tell me what else needs to be done I guess. So far the permit people I have been dealing with have been quite helpful and good to get along with.

It is quite unbelieveable to me that January is almost over. Wow how time has been flying. Life is really good out here. I could'nt even imagine living in town again. The solar energy situation is treating me pretty well, although I do fire the generator up occasionally, but I try to keep it to a minimum. It has been snowy and clouded over the last couple of days, so there will always be times where the panels ar'nt going to deliver fully. I am still so far from being tired of living in this little shack, that I am starting to wonder about myself, myself. I love it. I worked on the pay job for 4 short days all this month so far. It's nice to get a few days in of work ever month. So far between the rent income and a little bit of work, I have been living and building off of that income alone. I do expect that soon I will have to start dipping into the savings account a little bit. I can kinda predict some larger expenses coming my way soon. lol. Fridge, stove, tub, heating, water heating and on and on. Now I am depressed, but I will try to get over it soon. I don't have to finish the floors and stuff, but if I don't do it know, it will probably never get done.

I sure hav'nt been very active on the old computer lately again, I do jump on sometimes in the evenings and quickly glance at alot of my favorite blogs and stuff, but I have been spending most of my time in the evenings reading and educating myself on building issues. I have alot to learn as I plan on doing all my own plumbing, electrical, and whatever else. I get researching things and before I even know it, it is midnight and time some sleep.

Sheathing the Main Floor

I woke up this morning thinking that I should be able to have that whole main floor sheathed easily. But I was wrong. I ran out of glue, better known as lumber lock. Only a couple sheets left to go too. So I proceeded to do a bunch of a nailing, as I was just tacking down the edges as I was going.

I always meant to get a good shot of the main floor framing, but I always seemed to get real involved with things and forget until it was too dark. I moved a few sheets around just so I could get a picture of the stairwell framing. The rest of it is pretty basic. I am going to sheet right over the stairwell opening and leave it closed up for awhile, while I do things down below, in hopes of keeping the snow and rain out. I will cut it out when the time is right.
I gotta go to town later in the day tomorrow, so there is no point in going in the morning to get glue. I guess tomorrow will be more a day of non-thinking nailing. Give my poor old brain a bit of a rest. I'll finish gluing the floor on Saturday if weather and work allow for it. I have a few more things to do to the basement, then soon it will be time for my foundation inspection (hopefully this month sometime). I don't think there will be any new walls going up until that inspection is done.