(present day)
Yesterday I got a reprieve and tackled a job I'd been wanting to check off the list - the first wall of my workshop, with ceiling/second floor joists to hang the garage door tracks from. Not easy getting a full 8' wall up off the ground and set in place solo, not a lot easier getting (8) 12' long 2x10 joists hung atop that wall either!
Done!
Let there be light!
This will make it so much easier to pull the truck in for unloading, as well as loading out the shop equipment and my big tool chest from the storage trailers.
Sharp eyes may note that I did NOT simply rest the right ends of the joists on a horizontal purlin, but I fabricated a "saddle" on the top joist, then carried the load down to the slab via timber columns. As near zero deflection as the 2nd floor will ever need.
Oh, yeah, Harbor Freight to the rescue! Bought a new water pump (got a full refund for the other one and the e-bay seller told me to just keep it). Works as a pressure pump is SUPPOSED to. Also got the 2-year warranty "just in case"...