A note on the picture: it was taken from a point of video that I made of myself erecting the wall (incorrectly) for the first time. It was an unclear picture from the beginning, but when I played with the saturation and contrast I was impressed by the clarity of the reflection on Jacobhouse’s north wall.
1/5/2019:
Today I started the day off by lifting the bathroom’s east wall frame up, shimming it, and attaching the base. Everything looked great for a few moments, but then I realized I had put the wall up backwards. The 12.5 inch section was supposed to be toward the hall where the front wall was, but it was instead positioned toward the back wall.
This required me to take the wall back down, detach the bottom 2×6 fastening boards, flip the whole construction over, and then reinsert and screw in the 2x6s I had just removed. It was a fairly easy procedure, but when I had everything in place and lifted the wall back up, it did not fit quite as snuggle as it had before. Fortunately, Padre showed up around this time, and helped me shim it into place after some extra finagling with the top northernmost corner (had to use the sawzall to take off a tiny bit so it could fit close enough to the wall).
We leveled the wall in the up and down direction, then I used some woodscrews to fasten the bottom 2x6s to the bathroom’s base. After that, we leveled the wall in the sideways direction (it was actually almost already there), and I used two heavy duty self-tapping screws to drill up and through the top 2×4 into the container’s ceiling. It was an easy task, and even though I knew the top of the container is way thicker than the self-tappers’ 3-or-so inches, I got the ladder and checked the roof afterward to ensure I didn’t see any little silvery nubs sticking out.
This was not the case, and now, the first inside-wall frame for Jacobhouse is firmly in place.
Extra: Before heading back to oldhouse, I started measuring out an area for the pocket door that will lead into the bathroom. I plan on it being a 36″ pocket door, likely affixed to a JELD-WEN Pocket Door pre-assembled frame (low cost, high quality). As for the entrance into the bathroom, the door will open right in front of the sink.