First floor joists

Once our RPSLs were up we got right to putting in our first floor and some rough decking. This was important for safety and allowed us to put up some scaffolding for easier access to our walls.

Our friend Russ came to help out for the afternoon when we set our ledger boards. We set these 2x8s along the log walls and made sure they were level.

Once our ledger boards were all in place, we bolted them in with pairs of 1/2" x 6" lag bolts every 2' along each board. We were able to plumb these ledgers by tightening or loosening either the top or the bottom bolt.

With the ledgers were properly secured, we hung joist hangers on them and started laying down our floor joists. To level our floor joists, we decided to shim them where they rest on the girder. Doing this instead of notching the girder seemed easier to us.

All the joists up and we were able to put down some rough decking. This plywood now goes about 8' in around all 4 walls.