june14

June 14

A week later most of the sub-floor is down.
The frame is tied down with metal and bolts.
A window has been torn out, rebuilt, and reinstalled.
The entire kitchen back wall has been removed and then
temporarily covered. This has revealed the need for some
structural reinforcing to support new
weight above the back wall.

Tie downs anchor the frame to every pier.	Looking from the kitchen out onto the new addition.	Pat reworks a window to be moved.

The process of tying the frame to the posts is exhaustive but critical. Its particularly tough when you're drilling through a hardened screw on the other side you didn't know about.	Charley Watson, Edisto's resident structural engineer, has played a key role in making sure the restored and renovated Manse will stand for another 169 years. Michael has called upon him regularly.	Until Charley's latest list of structural reinforcements are taken care of, and the new addition is further along, the kitchen wall is temporarily closed.