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The second wall is in position ready to receive the second floor joists. The wall is held up with a rope. By loosening the rope, the wall can be allowed to lean back about 10 degrees in order to receive the tongued joists. |
At times the task may become frustrating or stressful. Raising a large building alone requires not only hard labor but good planing as well. Despite all careful planing, mistakes can be hair raising scary or down right dangerous. |
With the wall leaning at the 10 degree angle we placed all the three floor joist in place at the same time and used comealongs to tie the two walls together. Regardless of your efforts to be accurate, be prepared to make final adjustments as you go. |
With all the floor joists in place, the walls can be pulled together to receive the joist tongues fully before they are pegged with dowels. |