Not much to update. I have the majority of the floor structure in place, and all joists are blocked in nicely. That was quite tedious.
I now need to put some PVC piping in place to limit the damage of any basement flooding due to a washer or water tank disaster, or incursion of water from the exterior door. Basically, just some pipes to channel the water directly to the main floor drain. Once that is done I can start laying down the decking. I am probably going to have to go a couple of weeks without basement stairs though. I can't put the last two joists in place until I rip out the old stairs. Then I will have to lay down, and block those last two joists, then put the decking down in that area, then build the new steps. Since I only get to work on this stuff on weekends, and have lots of other things to also get done on weekends chances are, that little bit of work will take two, or even three weekends to get done. Will have to be on my toes to remember not to just go running down to the basement during the time the stairs are missing. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: d...@andrew.cmu.edu Tel: (412) 268-9081
