morning wood
the lumber was delivered this morning. 120 pieces in all (2x4s, treated 2x4s, 2x6s, furring strips). they dropped everything off at the end of the driveway and i got to make about 20 trips getting everything into the house:
i bought a kick-ass miter saw over the weekend:
my first use of the wood and saw was to create a temporary frame around the door opening leading to the garage so i can square everything back up and put in half-blocks to make the concrete all flush with the door frame which will go in there eventually. here's the opening i started with:
after putting in the temporary frame, you can see how out of alignment each layer of block is:
you can also see the bowing of the wall near the opening, undoubtedly the result of me hitting other parts of it repeatedly with a hammer and chisel to create the opening:
i corrected the bowing at least somewhat by placing a 3' length of 2x4 against the wall at various parts and tapping it with a hammer. i'm being as careful as i can with the blocks that immediately surround the opening, as their bonds to the other blocks are already a bit weakened from the chisel action and i don't want to make the condition too much worse.
i also totally emptied out the studio room in preparation for tomorrow's floor leveling extravaganza. i just need to apply a coat of the primer solution in the morning and we should be good to go with pouring the cement in the evening.
by the power of greyskull, i will have at least one wall framed by the 4th of july.