Jack put in a pocket for the main support beam, but it wasn't wide enough. So Rick had to enlarge it. I ran to the local hardware store to buy a cutting blade for his circular saw. After a while, he was having trouble completing the cut. He realized he had worn off all but 1" of the blade, so back to Trumbull's Hardware for me.
Because of the way the main support beam was installed, we had to cut about 8" off the lolly columns. That's me in my coveralls and two pair of long johns! Once we got working we warmed up and unzipped our coveralls.
Here are the fruits of our weekend labor! We got 1/2 of the sill and box installed and the main support beam. It doesn't seem like much, but putting in that beam was a pain! We built it along the foundation by the 3-season room. It is made of several 2x12 boards sandwiched together 3 wide. Then we pulled it along the side foundations. It was kind of scary, there was only 4 or 5 inches on each end overlapping the foundations and if it had dropped into the basement, we probably couldn't have gotten it back out. Once we got it next to the beam pockets, we had to stand it upright. The first time we tried, it started wobbling along the whole length and kept going to land on it's other side, right on my wrist! It wasn't that heavy, but I couldn't lift it with just one hand. As you can see from these picture, we succeeded and installed enough floor joists to hold it stable.
That is our garage in the background. Rick and I built it about 6 years ago.
If the weather is okay, Jack is going to pour the floor of the basement this week.
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