For 2019 we spent the whole season getting the first floor deck on. We first added ledger boards to the top of the foundation wall. Then we had to build concrete columns to support carrier beams that would support the floor joists. Then we added the subfloor and waterproofed it. As always, it took 3 times as long as I predicted and cost 3 times as much!



Under the kitchen Bill & I built a deck over the granite. This space is huge! My original plan was that it would be for storage but I may make it a guest bedroom.



This room will be my workshop where I keep all of my tools.

This room will be the home theatre. We'll have a projector in the ceiling and will project onto the wall so the whole wall will be our television.









Instead of cutting pockets in the concrete for the carrier beam I just added 2 more concrete columns close to each end.



We started waterproofing the deck. In most construction you try to get the roof on as fast as possible. I don't have that luxury so we have to waterproof everything.



This is the breakfast nook. It will give us great views into Franconia Notch while we are eating breakfast.





Nice to see the deck going on the dining room. The kitchen on the far end is almost done.









Since there are nail guns I had a theory that screw guns existed. I looked on Amazon and sure enough I found one. This thing was a huge time saver. It also saved our backs because you didn't have to bend over.



On this day we got the carrier beam built in the entrance.



I screwed up and didn't leave pockets for the carrier beams in the concrete last year. So I had to buy a concrete cutter with a diamond blade. This is the price one pays for being an amateur builder and not planning ahead. Live and learn. I'll definitely leave pockets for the beams in the top of the first floor walls in the 2020 build season.













Getting the columns poured and the carrier beam built took a lot of time. Nice to see floor joists finally going on.





Finally finished the floor of the home gym.









It took 2 and a half days to get the floor joists on the home gym. This was our first time putting in floor joists so it was a bit of a learning process.









Got the pockets cut, column poured, carrier beam built. Now ready for floor joists.





Here I'm leveling the bearing plate for the carrier beam on top of the concrete column we just poured.





Here I started attaching the ledger boards to the top of the foundation wall. The ledger will support the floor joists.





I had to build up 7 sheets of thin plywood to create a ledger board for the front turrets. That took a lot of glue and a lot of screws.





I leveled all of the ledger boards with my laser transit.