So today we went to the house to try to finish off the floor. Sarah and I got an early start and got to work straight away. The main job for the day was the removal and replacement of the floor joists in the bathroom, also getting a few extra beams into the floor to take the extra weight of the larger bathtub.
We got stuck in opening up holes in the exterior wall to place the joists in, and not long after we had finished this Sarah's dad arrived on site to give us a hand. Not wanting to stand around we removed the second joists from the floor as I believed that the end had rotter away after sitting in the wall for over a 100 years covered in rubble form when the house was built. After cutting it down and ripping it from the ceiling it turned out that the beam was only slightly rotten on the top and we probably could have left it in place. Oh well, we had some spare joists and removing this second joist would let us install all the other ones easier.
The first beam went in not that easy. We were figuring out the trick to get the joist in so it took a bit longer than anticipated. After we got the second beam in the next couple, 3rd and 4th joists needed a good walloping from the hammer, or as i have started calling it, 'the persuader'. Giving the two beams a good whack got them into position and I was quite pleased with it as it was exactly how I had planned getting them in.
We had a break for lunch and decided that the final two joists would be an afternoon job. The plan was to get the beams and insert them in through the wall straight into the allocated place for them.
This worked really well and it turned out that they were the easiest ones to get in place all day. If only I had brought home a Hilti from work then we would have been cheering all day!
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