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Sill plates

Today started out pretty gently. We took a load of trash to the dump, and had a hot breakfast at Stella's.


Back on the hill, the sky was gorgeous.


Siggy was pretty pooped from yesterday, but he found ways to cope.


Our main task today was to prepare sill plates. They needed to be drilled to drop over the hold-down threaded rods we installed earlier in the week. Then we drilles a second set of holes to locate the anchor bolts, using the wood plates as templates to drill the holes for the anchors into the concrete.


Here Siggy and Eliot are measuring holes in a sill plate:


...and now they're drilling them.


All the plates fit perfectly. Eliot's taking them off to store in shelter. Last year, a week in the sun seriously warped our sill plates (for Cabin v1.0), so this year they don't sleep outside until they're bolted down.


Tomorrow, we'll drill for the anchors, and work on building the pony walls inside the foundation.

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  1. JJune 29, 2019 at 10:58 PM

    I'm thinking you all 3 would want to be napping after yesterday. Love how Siggy gets to help. Nice, E. Gorgeous backdrop!

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