Structure Work Finished

The crew at the Hill House recently finished the structure work for the new bathroom. To meet the new codes for a bathroom (40#'s per sq ft), we had to add four new beams to the west side of the house. We added new glu-lam beams (4x10) to the upstairs "knee" wall and then ran 4x4 posts down to the basement. These beams take the load of the roof off of the second story floor. Then we added two solid 4x10 beams under the 1st floor bathroom walls. These new beams turn the existing first floor bathroom walls into load bearing walls which will support the second floor bathroom. We couldn't have done the work without Jon's friend, Damian. For the low cost of fajitas and beer, he spent the afternoon with us helping us to place all of the beams. There aren't as many photos as I would have liked. With only the three of us, it made picture taking difficult. For the glu-lams which went into the second floor, we had to lift them on to the roof and bring them through the middle skylight. All and all, a very successful event. See pictures under Structure Work Finished.