About a month ago, Dana's good friend Leonard who has been our main help with this enormous project had an unfortunate accident and broke his back and his shoulder. (Dana, Aaron and Leonard went to the hills unsupervised - need I say more) It's been just been about 4 weeks now since that happened. Dana's spent quite a bit of time over the last couple weeks trying to help Leonard and his wife with whatever they needed until Leonard was moving around a little better. Last weekend, Leonard decided that he was tired of sitting around the house and that a broken back wasn't going to hold him back. So, he showed up to help build walls inside the house. Keep in mind that Leonard is still not allowed to lift more than 5 pounds so Dana wore himself out running around all day trying to make sure that Leonard wasn't lifting what he isn't supposed to. Leonard is much like Dana in that he needs to be busy, needs to be working all the time. The last couple of weeks have been really hard on him, so he's ready to get going again!
Last weekend Dana and Leonard made more progress on framing up some of the interior walls. They definitely go up much slower than conventional walls do, but the guys are getting the hang of it and are getting quicker and quicker.
I'm pretty sure that weighs more than 5 pounds!! In this picture, the wall that is built and laying on the ground seperates the kitchen from the laundry room. That door to the left goes out of the laundry room on to the back deck. Leonard is walking in what will be the bathroom and the guest bedroom is behind him.
Building the wall that seperates the laundry room and kitchen.
And the most exciting part of all of this is that Dana gets to use a chainsaw inside the house! Each wall gets notching on either side of it into the main, exterior logs so that the wall coverings (probably tounge and groove) slide into those notches and you don't end up with gaps or uneven seams.
Another work day is planned for tomorrow, so hopefully I'll have another update soon.
