More progress... this time with pictures

I finally got out my camera again for some progress pictures. Dad and I finished putting the sill plate up today as well as the first two beams. We were also able to get the floor and box joists up on one side. If all goes well on Monday, we should be able to get the last beam and the rest of the box and floor joists up.


Once we have that done we need to wait for the tie downs to come in so that we can install them and then get the open deck inspection done before proceeding further. I should really take a minute and thank the local building code for requiring them despite that fact that we are not in Florida or Kansas or any other area that regularly experiences hurricanes or tornadoes. After calling around to get prices from a few places, it turned out that Home Depot had the best price, but not good enough that I didn't ask if they were gold plated (I am not crazy enough to have asked this question of store personnel... I only asked my Dad and I wasn't serious). At any rate, the pricey tie downs are due in near the end of next week.