humpy

now that the house/store has been stripped of everything (walls, floors, tile, etc.) it's easy to see its flaws. we had been warned that there would be some inevitably. the biggest being that the second story floor has a big hump in it. i think floors usually sink, but the steel beam that runs through the middle of our place did its job well while the rest of the house has settled around it over the last 100 years.

here you can almost see the rise. check out the ceiling and how the beam appears to be lifting the floor above.


the answer? bring in a welder to cut down the columns two inches, and all will be well. beyond that, a couple of 1st floor joists are being replaced and then that's it as far as the structural stuff. in the scheme of things, it's really not that bad.

of course, all this floor leveling talk brings to mind an art installation i saw last weekend while in kansas city.


hey, the kids think it's better than a slide.