Framing the Floor

Next step was to frame the floor. Pat, who lent the power tools that are making this project possible, helped with the first part: cutting the posts and rim joists. Then it was hours of leveling, measuring, squaring, swearing, re-leveling, re-measuring, swearing, checking squareness again, etc.

The internal joists went in smoothly enough, though as with every step, the last was much easier and faster than the first!  I'm learning everything as I go.

Readers with a keen eye will note the 12" centers -- overkill for a playhouse, but they'll keep the floor decking more stable.  In general, the whole building is over-engineered to a fare-thee-well, partly from personal inclination, and partly in the hope that doing so will compensate for the many inevitable errors during construction.