How many men does it take to set a 300 pound glue-lam board in place? The board will span a 16 foot sliding glass door. I've got two of these.



It looked good on paper, the 5 foot wide eave that was to also function as a covered walkway to the front door. It was a no brainer to chop it off.

Before the chop
After the chop. The view from the street. The house and garage start to take shape.

The lower left exposed rebar is where an entry courtyard will be created that will house the stairwell leading up to the house level. Mateo held off on extending the retaining wall for this area thinking he could save costs by bringing it closer to the street in line with the different levels of the stairs. The structural engineer said "uh-huh."