First-Floor Joists

Working to make up for a delayed start, the framing crew was on site today to install the first-floor joists. Make sure to watch the time-lapse video above to the end where things get very interesting. I spent the entire day with the crew to validate measurements and lend a hand moving lumber. At several points, I thought the crew had installed a framing member in the wrong location. In each instance, however, they had hit the mark perfectly giving me great confidence in how they will perform for the rest of the project. Twice, I did catch when floor joists were about to be installed with the wrong orientation (they have a top side as well as a left/right distinction). I did so before the first nail was fired making the corrections trivial and preventing the propagation of that error across the entire floor span.