This past week the crew finished adding the extra studs in the first floor walls on the north and south sides of the building, fixing things here and there. On the south side they took out the framing for the window that was in the grocery (that was originally twice as wide) and on the north side they were able to true up the wall with the additional studs.  They also got tenting set up so that the insulators could come out and foam the south and west sides of the first floor; they came in on Friday and got that done.

The next steps after that were to get the walls sheathed and two of the three sets of steps were in the way of getting that done properly. So Friday afternoon/evening and Saturday morning Al and I worked on getting them pulled out. They did not come willingly. Lots of rocks (especially in the one on the west side) We got enough done so that they could get the rot fixed and the sheathing on, before the jackhammer had to go back to the rental place by noon.

As long as there was no sheathing on the outside of the building yet, and there was still light coming in, I figured I’d snap a few pictures of what it looks like upstairs now.

Quick update from this week, I was up on Tuesday and snapped some pictures of where things were at. They were able to get the tenting moved to the north side to prepare for the insulators, which should have been there today (Wednesday). They also got the sheathing on all of the south side and part of the west side. It took them a bit longer than they would have liked because the studs in the walls (the original ones) were not measured 16″ on center, so they ended up cutting every sheet before they put it up. They’re using some newer sheathing that actually has the sealant already applied to the sheets (rather than having to wrap the house afterwards with Tyvek). After it’s up they only have to use special tape to tape all of the seams and it’s supposedly waterproof for 3 months (without cover) after that.