halfway through

lower view

firepit with formwork

formwork detail

crisco makes a good bond breaker

overlapping joists on center beam

overhang on west edge

cleaning concrete

ledger detail at east edge

how to attach joists at lower level?

Lars welds a steel angle

steel angle will hold joists at lower level

underside of steel angle and bolted sole plates 

top side of sole plates on level change

drilling for the joist ledger

ledger bolted on with expansion bolts

blocking under the west side, under straw wall

framing around the firepit

blocking under roof posts

another angle of the level change

almost ready for the plywood flooring

almost there...

completing the flooring

jon gets a little help from a nail gun