New Floor Joists

Today we laid our first new floor joists. We laid new six foot joists back across what used to be the altar area. First we had to place a cleat board on the wall and then we secured the first seven joists. You'll notice in the pictures that the level is spanning the new joist and the support wall for the loft (both of which the new floor will be sitting on). And everything is perfectly level... so far so good!

Tomorrow we have to build more mini support walls over in the old baptistry area as we prepare to lay more six foot joists there.