Ok, Now I'm getting cold.

I feel like I made good progress today, installing the (2) longer floor joists on the end of the stair opening. They were a little cumbersome, being 11-foot pieces of the 16" I-joist, but not too bad, really. I was glad, though, that I had decided to cut them a bit short of what I measured. Even so, they wanted to bind and jam on their way into place. The solution? Hammer time!

The Paslode nailgun is acting up more and more as it gets colder. It really looks like I need to put on a coalescing filter to remove most of the water vapor. That should prevent the gun from essentially freezing solid after 20 or 30 nails. I am using an antifreeze pneumatic lubricant which helps, but it won't stand up to the recent cold snap. This evening before I came into the house, the temp was getting very near those negative numbers.