Day 10

You can't see that much difference from yesterday in this angle, but we started! In the morning we were clumsy to figure out how to start, but I thought we were doing pretty good. We put floor insulation and 2x6 all around the wall, and bolt them together. Made a beam with 8 2x10. We kind of had a plan how we bring it to the pocket in the center. But Holy Moly it was heavy.

ここからでは何も変わっていないように見えますが。。。ついに今日から始まりました。朝は何からしたものかとなんだかもたもたしていましたが、最終的にはなかなか満足。壁に断熱材一層（ミラマットみたい）、そのうえに２x6、ボルトで止める。８枚の２x１０を互い違いに張り合わせて、４０フィートの長くて太いビームを作る。何となく計画はしていたものの、これが重い。
We brought one side up to the corner, but could not get a idea confident enough to go to the next step. Then, the Saver Rick walked in just in time! He called his brother Chris who have a tractor to lift it up. It is nice to live in country, people have machines...

で、どうしたものかと作戦会議をするもののそれほどいい考えは浮かばず。と、そこへ救世主が完璧なタイミングで登場。持つべきものはちらりと見に来たリックとトラクターを持つその兄。近所にこんな人がいるところが田舎のいいところか。
Once he drop this heavy beam in the crevasse with heavy sound. After that everything happened so quickly. He put the beam in the right place without any difficulty. Even if this is very heavy thick wood and strong enough to support whole house, it is weak and wobbly for side ways. So we put up some temporally support to keep it straight until we put I joists. Also we put basement poll up to support beam too. And we did call it a day.

一度えらい音をたててビームを溝に落としたものの、その後はトントン拍子で進んだ。簡単にビームを真ん中のくぼみに設置してくれました。こんなに重くて家の重みを一身に支えてくれるビームですが、横の力には弱くよれってしまう。まっすぐに保つために２x６で仮固定。重みを支える地下室の鉄の柱を仮固定。で、今日は終了、おつかれさま。