1/13/2019:
Summary: Today I put up three more angle-ended 2x4s in place above the four I fastened in yesterday. After this, I began planning and preparing for building the frame of the closet and the bathroom’s west inner wall.
Full description: This morning started with my journeying down to Jacobhouse in a temperature that could not have been much less than 70. Once there, I got all of my woodcutting equipment outside (table, skill saw, clamps, measuring implements, and the wood that I intended to use) and got to work.
It did not take long to cut three angled 2x4s from yesterday’s remaining 10-footer. Each section was 30 ½” long – the length needed to fit between wall 2 and wall 3. After cutting, I put up the first of those shelfboards 12″ above the last one I put up. I used the same method as I did yesterday to hold it in the correct position (clamping pieces of blocking just below the 12″ line and setting the intended shelfboard on top), leveled it, and then put in a screw at both ends. I did the same for the following board, but for that one I also had Padre’s help. He pushed on it as I fastened it to ensure that neither end moved out when the screws began to dig in.
After we got that board in, I went with Padre to go check beef cows. It was an enjoyable excursion as usual (most every creature looked quite healthy and content), and when I returned, I put up the last board near the top. Again I used clamps to hold it up, but I had to use a level on the bottom due to the board’s butting up right against the ceiling on the right side. On that note, I should mention that the top board did not evenly meet up with the tops of the vertical supports to either side due to the container roof’s being slightly warped in the middle. With the plywood surface that I will be applying to all the walls, though, I will be able to cover up the small gap that was created through my keeping the top board level with the one below it.
I secured the entire fourth wall, then, by applying second screws to both sides of each 2×4 (the only more complicated part was the top where I had to predrill the holes so it did not crack the board when I put the screws in through the front). This was ensued by my planning for the inside of the third/fourth walls. With Padre’s help, I determined that I would extend 2x6s from the third wall’s primary frame and attach them together with horizontal 2x4s that will not only act as bracing but also as support for shelves inside the bathroom closet.
I’m quite interested to see how that plan turns out over the next couple of days.