OUCHHHHHH!!!!!!!

Here's an x-ray of my mashed left thumb. On day two of the floor replacement after removing all the old flooring we began replacing floor joists. While holding a new joist in place with my left hand I took a mighty swing with a three pound hammer and missed the mark, hitting myself square on the thumb. It is the consensus of the medical establishment that "wow, you really did a good job on that".






Terry has been a real trooper and has led the effort to replace the rotten joists and make sure that everything will line up as the barn is lowered back onto its new foundation. Seen here he is clamping a new joist onto the existing joist. We sistered these together where we were able and replaced those joists that where badly rotted.

Darren too, our farm manager's husband, has been instrumental in making sure the old girl is ship shape. This photo is a view from the ground, up through the floor of the elevated barn where we had removed rotten flooring.

Despite pouring rain, temperatures in the teens, and 6 inches of snow, these guys stuck it out and all the joists are replaced as of this afternoon. They will be back for one more day to button up the details, then CDI will be back on Monday to lower the barn back down. A big thumbs up to you both.