The second side in place. I talked to the neighbour about removing that white panel that divides our two properties, but he wasn't so excited about the idea. I want it out of there because it gets in the way of my view of the river, but I guess he would rather not have my window overlooking his balcony ... He isn't using this level of the building at all yet, but plans to renovate when his kids are older ...
With the two side sections in place, it's time to work on the front. This is more difficult, partly because of the drop-off in front of me! In this photo I'm measuring the aluminum flashing strip that will fit in place between the top sill and the concrete.
It went into place with a good 'bed' of caulk, and then the top sill was measured and bolted up into the concrete. Drilling the holes for the anchor bolts was no fun (facing upwards into the roof).
The rest of the frame then went up easily. I didn't toenail the verticals into place, but screwed them in with steel angle brackets. The two front windows are extremely heavy (triple glass) and I had visions of them pulling the whole wall down in an earthquake one day. But with this frame screwed and bolted into place, I don't see any way that such a thing could happen ...
Now you can see the size of the window openings; the front two are quite a bit taller than the side ones - I want as much light as possible in here.
So the frame for this wall is now done. Tomorrow I'll start putting the sheathing in place ...
