Weekend of 11/12 March 2007 As Pop and Greg are working on planning the loft and roof, they have realized there are problems (yet again) with the plans as drafted and engineered. The plans are drawn with the building height measured from the first story finished floor, instead of the grade. This means that the overall height of our house will be 14 inches higher than what was approved by the city. Those who have been following our saga will remember that the building height was a touchy subject during the approvals process. Bill talked to the city, and Nick, the City’s planner came out to visit the site. He and Pop talked about ways to remedy our situation. Nick didn’t give us a decision, but the city eventually gave us permission to make the change that Pop had proposed. He basically flattened out the shed roof of the loft and reduced the height of the building by the needed 14 inches. Yay, Pop! The shear wall continued to get fully nailed in. I purchased a new 4000 count box of nails for the nail gun. We also worked on attaching the walls to the paralams with 18 inch bolts and PHD6 connectors. We also put up a bunch of straps to connect the first floor to the second floor. Each of the 6 foot long straps is attached to the walls with 56 nails. Sheesh.