Mostly happy ending

First, an apology:  A weblog without photos is an impoverished thing.  However, the concrete truck came at 8am on the morning after Thanksgiving, and we knew that we would only be allowed 15 minutes per yard of concrete, after which we would be charged $3/min.  We (John B and I) ended up placing almost 4 yards in a bit less than 45 minutes, and picking up the camera never crossed our minds.  Nothing weird or disastrous happened, though, and by Monday morning, we had footings on which to set the remedial framing.

 

From there, it was just like playing with a big erector set, except that the critical beam was too long to fit into the building the normal way.  We ended up cutting a hole in the sidewall to slide it into place.

 

 

The completed remedial framing:

 

As we were wrapping up, we realized that the building had claimed at least one victim.