Here's an update.

I have one row of posts left to get notched. I have been making the cuts with the circular saw and sawsall while the posts are standing, because I refuse to take them down and have to put them back up – Putting them all up plumb and level so I could snap a chalk line took way too many hours, and I don’t want to do it again! Even though it would be easier to do this notching business on the table saw. If you are wondering why I am even doing this notching business in the first place, it is because I am cheap and don’t want to spend $300 on post-cap hardware.

I’ve been making score cuts with the circular saw (blade set to 1.5”) and then making the vertical 9.25" cut down with the sawsall. So after about three posts, I start getting a little sloppy with the saw. For the sake of retaining 10 fingers during this process, I’ve just been doing a little each night after work.

 

 

And then… I am going to get all of the beams up this weekend. I repeat, I am going to get all of the beams up this weekend.

We are getting so close to putting down the floor joists and subfloor, and when it is done, I am going to roll around on it and giggle. I may even set up a tent and camp out for a few days.