Tuesday, February 22, 2011

READING ROOM - DAY FIVE

TODAY WE WENT VERTICAL. I SET OUT THE STUDS FOR THE BACK WALL...


...NAILED THEM TOGETHER AND RAISED IT. I PUT ON THE PLYWOOD AFTER IT WAS UPRIGHT, WHICH WAS A CHANGE FROM MY USUAL METHOD, BUT I THINK IT WORKED OUT BETTER (AND IT WAS EASIER TO LIFT.)


THE NEXT WALL HAD AN ANGLED TOP, SO FIGURING OUT THE MEASUREMENTS FOR THE STUDS CAN BE TIME-CONSUMING. AGAIN, I BROKE FROM MY USUAL METHOD. I DESIGNED IT ON THE DESKTOP AND USED THOSE MEASUREMENTS ON THE JOBSITE.



THE TWO WALLS CAME TOGETHER PERFECTLY. THE BACK WALL WILL HAVE A BIG DESK, AND THE SIDE WALL IS FOR THE BUILT-IN SHELVES.


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