Building from the Ground up

These last two days of project have been very productive. On Tuesday, our group made the base for the floor (the first picture below). For this, we attached 6 pieces of wood to the 9 posts (2 pieces for every three posts) and then we placed 12 pieces of wood perpendicular to these 6 supporting beams. This process was much more difficult than we initially thought it would be, since it was quite tedious and time consuming to screw all the boards together, and also very difficult to level out and make sure they were all equidistant. Leveling was a challenge especially because some boards were curved more than others, so it proved to be a very difficult task to complete. After a very full day on Tuesday, we were all exhausted but came back today ready to go to our final internship and then work on the floor itself. After an interesting tour around the outside of the Rocsino (since we were not allowed in) and learned about many of the structural elements of the building, we went back to Wyatt's to start the flooring. Wyatt claimed it would take 20 minutes max to do the entire floor, but 3 hours later, we were only halfway done (second picture below). We had to call it a day since all the screw guns were beginning to run out of battery, and our backs ached so badly we had to take a break. The next few days we are going to finish the floor, and then hopefully start the walls!