They put the second floor on today. This where the Micro-Lam comes in. It provides extra support across the open spaces of the first floor without using columns. It would be unsightly to have Lally columns in the middle of the kitchen.
Here is a short span of micro-lam.
The yellow board is the Micro-Lam. The red board in the foreground is a header over a window. The second floor joists are connected to the Micro-Lam beam with metal brackets.
That is a lot of boards.
Here is the end result, with the second floor attached to the top of the joists.
In the photo you are looking at the ceiling of the kitchen behind the Micro-Lam and the ceiling of the dining area in front of it.
The really long Micro-Lam beam went into the garage. They lifted it into place with a crane.
They positioned it into its notch at the front of the garage.
And then the back of the beam went into its notch at the back of the garage.
And there it is.
That is a long board! I am guessing that they will get started on the second floor walls tomorrow.
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