Since my back is still in bad shape from my injury, both my wife’s parents and my parents came to our house on a Saturday last month to do some work around the house for us. My dad helped get the flooring put on the floor frame that I built. It’s just a simple 0.5″ [...]
After attending church on Sunday, I went back out to get a little more done on the study. I finished up the last two floor joists, but before I could start putting on the plywood flooring, I needed to round up some ground anchors and get the floor frame secured. I didn’t really understand why [...]
On Saturday, I finished up getting the concrete blocks leveled. That was quite hard work. The boards in the picture were only used for leveling purposes at this point (although they get used for their purpose soon). After getting the blocks level, I starting working on the floor frame. After getting the band joists assembled, [...]
After getting the materials I needed to get started, I just needed some time to work. I got my chance this weekend. Thursday was the first chance I had, and the first step was to get a foundation in place. Concrete was too expensive, and was probably overkill for this project anyway, so I settled [...]
I’m about to be kicked out of my study to make room for a new addition to our family. I still need a place to go, and we didn’t really want to buy house (not to mention that we don’t have the money for that anyway), so we decided that I would move my study [...]
I recently bought a power saw (with a laser guide!) with some money that my in-laws gave me for my birthday. I used the rest of it to buy lumber from Home Depot as well as hardware (wood screws, mostly) to build a workbench. If you’re interested, here’s a diagram I drew using METAPOST. The [...]