The concrete curbs are cured, the formwork deconstructed, and the gravel laid. The site went from a muddy mess to a modern art installation in just a few days with the addition of four concrete monoliths and a field of compacted gravel. Next the team plans to install the termite shields, which are currently in the process of being fabricating, and then construct the floors!
In other exciting news, all the wood for the floors is prepped and ready to go! The team planed, ripped, chopped, and drilled 122 pieces of true dimension 2×8 timber. After ascertaining the scale of this endeavor, they decided to call around and see if any local mills could help them out with the planing and ripping process. Howard Custom Lumber is currently processing the wood for the walls and ceilings (over 700 pieces of wood!) to save the team a little bit (actually a lot) of time.
While the floors were being installed and wood being processed for the walls and ceilings, the team did a quick structural test on the mass timber loft. On a rainy Friday afternoon, they constructed the loft and loaded it up to make sure it wouldn’t deflected when supported on the extreme edges. The mock up was a success, and the loft design is moving forward.
Stay tuned for the heroic return of the wood and its eventual transformation into the first ever Breathing Wall Mass Timber pods!
Sore from moving all that lumber,
The Fearless Foresters
Soundtrack: Graveclothes | Birdtalker