ah, now it makes sense!
i was wondering, why Jon needs external lighting at every corner…
By Rooster? In the past? 
The last two days I’ve been working on the framing for the original South wall. This building was not framed to be finished inside. The top plate of the South (rear) wall is about 4" lower than the side wall frame top. Using siding and 2x4s removed from the North wall, I fabricated some fill pieces to provide a nailing surface for the top of the wall sheets. They can be seen at the left. The block at top center is another fill piece to allow the first cieling joist to be a nailing surface for the ceiling edge…
The ceiling joist in place…
A prerequisite to this framing work was to get the South wall wired and connected to the sub panel eliminating a plugged in cable feeding the furnace and allowing the top plate to be covered. The south wall outlets are now all tied in and functional…
This is the sub panel I installed. The cable that goes over the surface of the framing is for a temporary wall outlet that can now be eliminated…
Two of the four permanent circuits are installed and functioning. I still need to wire outlets on the side walls. That will wait until the ceiling is framed and insulated.
Tomorrow I’ll re-do that insulation I removed and exposed to install the right hand outlet. The original insulation install is not correct with pieces folded and squashed to fit.
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Every time I take down an old plywood wall panel I find surprises. Today I needed to remove a wall panel that was cut too tall for my cieling joists to sit on the top plate. Fortunately they all are installed with star drive screws, so removal is quick.
This time I discovered a next to useless insulation job and some added framing at right who’s purpose is lost to history…
Those extra studs and blocks came out very easily opening it back up to 16" on center. When I removed the far left insulation I discovered a long abandoned rat’s nest. That batt of insulation went directly to the trash and a gap between the bottom plate and the siding was filled with expanding foam. One of those extra studs and a pair of blocks was used to create an inside corner. Insulation was cut to properly fit and stapled in place. By quitting time I had two more ceiling joists up…
Did I mention I purchased a $40 T50 pneumatic stapler for putting up the insulation? It’s very small and light and works great…
My hand appreciates it.
I also removed that temporary quad outlet and routed my heavy extension cord to one of the new outlets.
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