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New Floor Joists

Got the main floor joist installed.  It's being put in to double up one existing joist, so that I can hang my new support beams from it.  Here you can see it going in:
Here it is installed.  The prep work, removing the window, pulling the wires, and some other minor items took just about all day.  Here it is installed:
Putting the beam in itself was pretty quick.  Probably only took 30 minutes.  The main work will be doing the other framing and replacing the window I removed.  I put some temporary wood over the window as you can see from the outside:

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