Friday, September 08, 2006
The deck has been started! For those like me who don't know what the deck is, its the first/bottom layer of the roof. It is made of very long sheets of corrugated sheet metal, and seems very strong.
The steel workers (some great guys, by the way - very good at what they do!) continue to weld the bar joist to the support beams. Pretty soon our building is going to have a roof!
Some misc. observations:
* Large flat pieces of steel have been welded to the support beams in specific places forming large X's in order to give the new structure added strength against high winds.
* The top of the new building is now attached to the gym outside wall via long pieces of angle steel.
* In some places the plumber missed where the wall will be during the rough-in phase (before the slab was poured). The misses have been chiseled out and angled PVC pieces now put the pipe in the correct spot.
* Nathan (with Kenney's Electric), by the way, did not miss any of his rough-in!
Meanwhile, the nursery is starting to look less and less like a nursery. In fact, yesterday it looked more like a sand box than a nursery! Hmm - that gives me an idea for our new nursery... Oh, wait a second - sounds too messy... Now the sand is back in place and concrete has been poured over the new plumbing pipes and drains.
Today's Picture Gallery (23 pictures)
Yesterday's Picture Gallery ( 23pictures)
The steel workers (some great guys, by the way - very good at what they do!) continue to weld the bar joist to the support beams. Pretty soon our building is going to have a roof!
Some misc. observations:
* Large flat pieces of steel have been welded to the support beams in specific places forming large X's in order to give the new structure added strength against high winds.
* The top of the new building is now attached to the gym outside wall via long pieces of angle steel.
* In some places the plumber missed where the wall will be during the rough-in phase (before the slab was poured). The misses have been chiseled out and angled PVC pieces now put the pipe in the correct spot.
* Nathan (with Kenney's Electric), by the way, did not miss any of his rough-in!
Meanwhile, the nursery is starting to look less and less like a nursery. In fact, yesterday it looked more like a sand box than a nursery! Hmm - that gives me an idea for our new nursery... Oh, wait a second - sounds too messy... Now the sand is back in place and concrete has been poured over the new plumbing pipes and drains.
Today's Picture Gallery (23 pictures)
Yesterday's Picture Gallery ( 23pictures)
