Day 30: Seating the BIG beam

I drove the U-haul full of wood over the hill this morning. Joshua spent most of the day planing, sanding and notching the 6X16 inch beam.

Towards the end of the day, we lifted the 450 pound beam into place. Here is a pic of Justin, Rafael, Georg, Trevor and Joshua at the half way rest point.

Joshua stretching out his back after we seated the fabulous looking beam.

It was level - nice work on those beam seats Justin! It was such a great feeling of accomplishment seeing the beam in place. At the same time it was humbling to place something that will be there long after I am gone.

Some other tasks today:

• Completed the 8th course of APEX block as far as possible before seating of the beam.
• Started digging a trench for the utility room electrical connection.
• Began sanding a 4X10 inch beam.
• Finished stacking APEX blocks and trimming rebar in the utility room.

Here is a pic from the end of day 30.

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