My nieces and nephew have been trying to explain what a hashtag means, and I think I kind of get it, sort of...anyway, big news at the house yesterday. Of course it was the one day I have not made it up there this week so I missed the whole thing BUT, Steve was able to install a very large, heavy ridge beam in the peak of our bedroom ceiling. He had to work around the existing collar beams, while lifting it over his head, while standing on a ladder. Bravo! He spent the early part of the week prepping for this moment by installing a header over the yoga room entrance and framing out a wall around the support beam he placed right next to the back side of the upstairs chimney. These two rock-solid end points are the supports for new beam. Perhaps the pictures below will help put it all in perspective.
new beam
header and support beam over yoga room entrance
support beam and framed wall on back of chimney
Steve explained to me this morning that this successful ridge beam support installation may change our most recent yoga room idea (raising the west side roof in the spring to install new rafters) and bring us back to our original thought of a ridge beam there also. We shall see!
Meanwhile, Carlene was able to get the first draft of the kitchen and pantry designs to me, and Steve says all of our ideas should work in the space that we have to work with. Yippee!!
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