" What was once the kitchen door has been blocked up. And the old kitchen has been ripped out we've now -- in an opening here for staircase that will go to the existing basement. And if you look up at this two by four on a slant that indicates the line of the staircase that goes to the second floor. Is speaking of floors if it's interesting that the 35 year old house and the sheathing of the old floor the deck as we call it is made out of one by -- and nowadays obviously everything is made out of plywood. We've framed in for a coat closet here in this end and we have framed a new opening into the living room you'll notice that the header is in place here this of the proper way to do -- you got two by tens doubled up with some plywood in between to make up the width of -- actual two by -- And we have involved the Jack stud and the regular stud going through boot to the top plate. This is the way you distribute the weight from whatever is bearing down there off to the sides and now the living room space obviously want. No roof -- it that -- it does get finish rain will have a cathedral ceiling here so we'll have soaring height. If you see this chimney existing chimney and looks crooked to you asked the way it was built it was called pulled out so that it would end up coming up. Through the roof right at the peak of the ridge and yet down here the fireplace is where wants to be on the center of the room it's a nicely built chimney. The job the area over here which used to be the dining room doesn't have too many changes but one of the important changes -- overhead. The former structure just. Was made of two by six's because after all you had was a ceiling that was -- Hung from these one by threes and now in order to put a second floor up here and have people walking around we've added a full two by ten. Sistered on to the side of each old two by six and that's where the structure comes from. Now it. In the garage where I've never showed you before -- we had to tear out the entire ceiling here and in order to put up a second floor of the spans the whole 24 foot depth of the garage you're looking at another big piece of steel. It acts as a girt and carries that whole load so that we don't need a post in the middle. Another framing detail that's unusual is what we call a cantilever this is all a structural wall here and all of these new. Joists that you see overhead are cantilever date. Fly out beyond the bearing wall an additional three feet and that's what creates a bridge or hallway that goes from one end to the other now let's interrupt Larry Landers are framing contractor I don't book I'm good. And the other story about what you're worrying about what's this do."

" Well it's important to check these braces. Throughout construction because they they help to keep the walls plumb and true until we get the rule with the weight of the roof system in the second floor wall exactly that the frame itself right now is relatively fragile. And this kind of bracing is very important. This wall that we were just talking about is a bearing wall you can see them both load that it's bearing is. Right here at the end of all of these I joists you always taught to Barret Wallace got double plate. And it well for example if you look at this perpendicular wall which is not a bearing law. It as a single plate and you'll notice that these scraping comes right through. That's one of the ways that you can distinguish but you always want to make sure you're if you're doing demolition and remodeling that you don't. Take out a bearing wall all that's absolutely true yet so you got it made lots of progress since last week he got the steel in place. As you can see our I beam right here. Now Larry this supports similar weight from the second floor doesn't -- us as a bearing wall above which supports the roof system above that it has two rafters on it so that steel was absolutely necessary -- strip yeah very important structural member. What about these spring -- can you take them out. I'm on right now we have to wait -- we get the weight of the roof and the shingles above as I mentioned. If it keeps the walls plumb and true and yeah so that -- always know exactly there and they're really holding the exterior and inside -- of the house here and they're keeping that sidewalk clown yeah yeah. One nailed to a lot that's right you could lose it. I've heard of sidewalk going out and intercept. So these stay in place and how we doing -- there are flow chart over here are you on schedule well we lost a little bit -- time last week because of."

" Some rain we've had some pesky rainstorms around here as you know India. So the green indicates that setbacks we've had. Through the course of the last week or so I would say to your -- hope and a through the -- adding more labor and working over the weekend for day to I think we'll be back on track next week -- rain is a special problem we have here is you're not doing new construction. No we have some floors that we have to protect the that the customer has some storage. Down in the basement they have. Existing two bedrooms Bob that virtually still have the furniture right. So it's complicated when it starts to --"

" green indicates that you're off the schedule in terms of roof demolition of the -- second -- you're almost done with. Are all done the deck is."

" John it was done and completed a few days ago when we're now working on the gable end walls and and the bearing walls upstairs in order to it's -- beginning of next week we're gonna start framing. The roof right and the plywood and -- and then the shingles one of the -- started. They indicate inspections rough inspections for the plumber and electrical because of course I can't get my rough inspection without. There is. There inspection firm -- exactly."