Bring It Down

I started this morning by removing the chunks of top plate around the electrical wires we had left in place yesterday afternoon. I used my new chisel to chip away the wood from the side of the hole. After I had removed the first two chunks, I split the third and final chunk in half with the first smack on my chisel; that’s a nice way to start the day.

The new top plates fit into place nicely, restoring our faith in the structural integrity of the existing garage. The only thing left was to drop the ceiling back into place. I smacked the bottoms of our 2x4 supports and watched the ceiling slowly lower into place. I was pretty impressed with how easily the whole thing went. I think the process definitely gave me some useful remodeling knowledge to use in the future.

The rest of the day was spent tying up loose ends in preparation for an inspector visit tomorrow. We jumped from miscellaneous job to miscellaneous job until it was time to go home, The bouncing around was kind of nice; it appealed to my short attention span for sure. I finished this afternoon at 175 pounds again; I seem to be hovering around that weight.