Whoopsy

Well, even the best of us can make the odd mistake.

This evening was spent framing around the window in the basement. A fairly simple task, all told, although each piece of lumber needs to be measured individually as neither the floor nor the ceiling joist are level, making the distance between them different at each point along the bottom and top plates. A little bit time-consuming, but it's not exactly rocket science.

Basically, when you're framing around a window, you want to respect the stud pattern as much as possible. Setting king and jack studs can therefore sometimes fall between studs, which is what has happened here. No worries, though. Because these wall are not load bearing, I will not be installing a proper header, nor will I be blocking the king studs. Also, since the windows are so close to the top plate, the kings and jacks will actually extend all the way to the top plate, making this task even simpler. Before too long I had the kings, jacks, and sill in place.

Progress

Lo and behold, as I was screwing in the studs, I notices that the sill was sitting a little bit higher than intended. I'm framing the opening to match the rough opening in the foundation wall, and the sill is rather conspicuously 1.5" too high. Yup. forgot to take into account the width of the lumber when I cut the bottom jacks. D-oh!! Rookie mistake.

I've cut short the completion of the wall since it's Friday and I could use a beer after a long week, and will fix the boo-boo first thing tomorrow morning before proceeding with installing the last two studs. Piece of cake.