{"id":907,"date":"2020-06-24T11:47:17","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T15:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/?p=907"},"modified":"2020-07-31T22:40:51","modified_gmt":"2020-08-01T02:40:51","slug":"floor-joists-started","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/floor-joists-started\/","title":{"rendered":"Floor Joists Started"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;ve been chipping away getting floor joists up over the last few days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/first-floor-joist-attached.jpeg\" title=\"First floor joist attached\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/First-Floor-Joist-600x450.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-908\"\/><\/a><figcaption>The bottom of the 2&#215;8 joists are flush with the bottom of the beam, leaving 8ft 1-1\/2&#8243; from unfinished floor to ceiling.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I put the face-nailed joist on the end up three times before it was correct, which was especially painful because it&#8217;s nailed in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/floor-joists-started.jpeg\" title=\"Floor joists started\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/More-Floor-Joists-600x450.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-912\"\/><\/a><figcaption>The joist hangers are secured using Simpson SD screws, which are much easier to work with than the hot dipped nails.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I found that a four of the 2x8s were unacceptable, so I&#8217;ll have to exchange them to finish the floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/tree-clearing-machine-parked-in-front-of-the-building.jpeg\" title=\"Tree clearing machine parked in front of the building\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Tree-Clearing-Machine-600x450.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-909\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Peter told me he spent a few minutes marveling at this machine upon first seeing it. I did too.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;re also doing some more tree clearing to create a pasture. The equipment they&#8217;re using is really big.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/logging-crew-clearing-trees-behind-the-building.jpeg\" title=\"Logging crew clearing trees behind the building\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Tree-Clearing-600x450.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-910\"\/><\/a><figcaption>The studio will have much less shade now, making plans for extensive insulation all the more sensible.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This also took care of a few dead trees that were a threat to the studio if they were to fall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been chipping away getting floor joists up over the last few days. I put the face-nailed joist on the end up three times before it was correct, which was especially painful because it&#8217;s nailed in. I found that a four of the 2x8s were unacceptable, so I&#8217;ll have to exchange them to finish the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":912,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/907"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=907"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1223,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/907\/revisions\/1223"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}