Sill Plates: 75%

(~6 hrs)

It looks 100% done, but the end pieces aren't bolted down yet.

Sill plates. If you'd asked me what the quickest and easiest step in building the walls would be, I'd probably have said the sill plates. What could be simpler? Just glue and bolt some 2x4s around the edges of the floor, keep them half an inch from the edge, and... there you go!

Plus, the wheel well arches are obviously the hardest part of the sill plate, and I had my plan all laid out for those ahead of time. Boom, taken care of.

So. Dad and I worked for about six hours today--not including a couple runs to the hardware store for supplies--and we got the sill plates about three quarters done.

The first and every lesson is: expect everything to be slower and more complicated than you think, if you've never done it before (and especially if you lack basic skills or physical strength...)!