Building Concepts I course CMCC- Floor Systems and More Flooring Systems Week 5

These photos are of the flooring system we built over the hill where all of our other projects have taken place for the first half of the semester. That day we were assigned to finish installing the joists and complete it as the weather was turning bad and Monday was our only day! We did finish and got the sub-flooring over the structure.  Wednesday brought more squaring exercises with not-square 4'  x 8' sheets as part of our bi-weekly...

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Porch and Steps Replacement

 Here is the sketched plan I emailed her to be sure she and I were on the same page for what the outcome was to be.  This is the deck on the side of the home that had more thought put into its design. This was my template for the construction of the new front deck and stairs. I aimed to make the steps I built to look complimentary to these. Mortise and Tenon  Here you can see...

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