it’s been a year since we bought the house, and finally we have a floor over the old kitchen area. with the help of a couple of our friends, we were able to choose where the perimeter ledger boards should go, and then wood and i framed out the joists. we were baffled for a very long time about what to do with the concrete platform in the corner, but because we raised the floor up a couple inches we were able to insulate it pretty well with some scrap rigid foam board and spray foam between the joists. since we will eventually be running our heat system through our floor with hydronic radiant tubing, we definitely didn’t want any of that heat to escape through that concrete to the outside. we couldn’t take the platform out because part of the house is resting on it.
here’s the framing job we did:
and here’s a before and after of this part of the house:
March 22, 2011 at 1:56 am |
Step by step – you have such wonderful determination! Artists have a way of making something wonderful out of nothing. This whole “nest building” process and phenomenon is being amplified by the birds who will come to fly in and out and cheer you on with their bird song. Please know that you are in synchronization with so much of our budding (for buddies) planet.
All my love,
Aatis