Building the second floor


The second floor was very simular to the first floor in relation to how the

floor was put down. Tongue and groove plywood was put down on the floor

trusses after a bead of glue was first put down.

Here is the 2nd floor view from the front of the house about half built

After the floor was nailed down, we marked where all of the outside walls

would go. We did not mark the interior walls at this time as none of the walls

are load bearing and did not have to be built in order to put the roof trusses on.

Here is the 2nd floor view from the back of the house about half built

Not building the walls allowed us to haul the roof trusses up by rope to the second

floor and lay them on the floor since putting the roof trusses in place by a crane was

not an option.

Here is the 2nd floor view from the side of the house

We had learned a lot on the first floor walls and the second floor walls went much

smoother. Don't forget to cross check your corners!


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