Dave Lotte

7 hours.

100 -  50 lb. Sand bags.
21  -  100 lb.  Slabs.

One of the requirements for the occupancy permit is to have a clearly defined entry way for deliveries or emergencies.

Nailed it.  Time to rest and recover for a week.

14 hours in, bit more done.

All walls anchored in place.  ✔
110 feet of 140 foot chair rail leveled and anchored ✔
Dining room chair rail wainscotting braces installed ✔
Dining room electrical plugs installed ready for wires. ✔

Now to finish leveling the rest of the chair rail, and installing wainscotting supports.

Now that the framing inspection has been passed,  time to start figuring out the wiring.

Dining room chair rail and 40 foot wall chair rail leveled and ready for wainscotting.
Need this mounted in order to mount the electrical boxes and plugs.

Level to within 1/8 th of an inch or so .... good enough for me.

Thinking about how to fasten the wood trim around various spots in the house, and the obvious comes to mind.... brad nailer - finishing nails.

Then i thought ... too bad they don't  make double sided nails....

Ummmm.... ask and you will receive.

Cool.

Achievement UNLOCKED.

Framing inspection.   PASSED.

Now to work on the occupancy permit.

Safe to say, will have to wait till the snow flies for more monitoring.

Not much change in the last 24 hours either.

With the temperature dropping at night ( 5 C last night )...

Watching the interior temp closely.  24 hours later,  and not much change.

Update on new concrete floor and humidity

Running the dehumidifier steady for 3 days.....

Lets see how long it takes to go back up to 70 % humidity.

First attempt at framing.....

People ask .... why are you building this

Mentioned Thermal Mass a few times on here.

Time to add part 2 - Thermal Lag.

Scenario:

House is sitting at 60 F - would like to heat it up to work in.
Start up the 80,000 BTU heater and run it for a solid hour.
House goes up to 70 F, and i work for 5 or 6 hours, nice and comfy.

Go out the next day, and it is back down to 60 F.  What the heck

We already know that if i have 55 cubic meters of concrete in the walls and floors,  that it would take around 110,000 BTU  to raise the inside temperature 2 degrees Fahrenheit ( 1 C ).

Thermal lag is the time it takes for the mass to soak up the heat.  So when i turn off the heater - the room temp comes back down to match the temp of the concrete.

Explains why it takes 3 days for the temperature to change inside.

Cool.  Once i move in and set the thermostats - it will be temperature stable for DAYS.