Today's Friday, so not too much going on before we sit down to relax. I've been thinking a lot about the stairs in recent days, and am getting anxious to implement the plan, which I've modified a bit. I've decided to sit the support on top of the DRICore, which can support 2 tons per square foot. That will allow the DRICore to extend into the storage area, making for a more effective vapour barrier as well as getting all of those cardboard boxes off of the concrete floor. The support will also be a part of the partition wall, which will gain us about 12" of floor space versus my original plan. It will mean having to construct some new bulkheads around plumbing, but the extra space will be worth it.
Today, we moved the stuff under the stairs over to accommodate the impending construction, and cut and installed temporary supports so that the existing wall can be removed.
Temporary Support #1
Temporary support #2
Tomorrow, we'll begin by tearing down the existing stud wall. Once that's done, we'll finish laying the floor, and finally, we'll install the support for the stairs. With luck, the support wall will be complete before the weekend is done.
It's beer o'clock. Until tomorrow...
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Extra space is always good. Smart plan to extend the DRIcore and incorporate the supports into the wall. Have you figured out the heating ducts yet? BTW, as I recall from personal disappointment, your Restore isn't open on weekends, or maybe it's just Sundays. They had lots and lots of windows at the eastern-most store. We just bought windows for our back porch reno at the non-Restore - ouch$$
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Still working on the duct issue. Lesley reminded me that the Restore is closed tomorrow, so we're headed down there today - thanks for the reminder about the east end store. I always forget about that one.
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