Columns, Sheathing & Straps

Sorry about being a blogging delinquent. I don't really believe in excuses . . . but if I were to make them, I would say I've been super busy and also don't have access to high speed internet where I can blog. But, I don't like excuses, so sorry about that.

I thought I'd dedicate this blog entry to catching you up on what has been going on the last 3 weeks or so. The weekend after Thanksgiving, Adam and I headed back to Jacksonville to work on the house. We finished up the porch columns.

The back porch columns are in place.

The front porch columns are also done. They also removed the temporary bracing.

During the week, we worked on putting in more metal straps and working on the list the inspector gave us. On Dec. 7th we sheathed the front of the porch.

Adam working into the night.



We had to replace the wall in the great room, because it was bowed out. Here is the new wall.

We also realized we need more metal anchors at every splice in the bottom plates. So, we had to drill a few more holes and put anchors in. But, the kind we got didn't need epoxy, you screw it in. Here's the finished product.

Here's two of our anchors. They are Titen HDs.

Adam needed to add some long straps to the left side gable end.

We passed our wall sheathing inspection on the 11th and got a partial framing inspection on the 15th. There you have it. I'll write the latest shortly.