Delivery day tomorrow

Tomorrow we are scheduled to get three deliveries: the laminated veneer lumber (LVL) beam; all the dimension lumber, nails and brackets; and the water manifold, PEX tubing, tools and fittings for the water delivery system. The water related items are coming to the apartment, but the other two shipments are going straight to the barn.

I'm hoping the beam gets there first so they can help me shove it into the barn. Once the rest of the lumber arrives we won't be able to get a truck within 20 feet of the sliding door. The beam is approximately 400 pounds so if the barn is blocked I won't be able to move it inside by myself.

If I'm lucky the DeWalt nailer I ordered online will show up too. At that point I'll be out of excuses and will have to get started.

A few days ago, while coming back from the county recycling center,

Greene County Solid Waste District
R.R. #1 Box 61A, Switz City, Indiana 47465.
812 659-3788, 800 281-1930
(No functioning web site)

            we passed Jones and Sons, a concrete block manufacturer right here in Bloomfield. They have a pile of broken blocks at the side of the parking lot and today I asked if I could have some. They sell them by the truckload for $5, but since I only needed a dozen or so I was told, "Help yourself."

I loaded the trunk (and went back for another trunk load at the end of the day) and took the first load of blocks to the barn to use to elevate the lumber that will be delivered. With the second load I should have enough to get the entire lumber load at least 18 inches off the ground.

If we use a rubble trench foundation (Wikipedia entry) for our house I may be able to get all the "rubble" we need from the Jones plant.

Now all I have to worry about is that the beam gets there first tomorrow.