I had some extra boards, so I decided to do a little experiment with
adding blocking between the joists under the bedroom to see if it
would add some additional strength to the floor. It seems that it
would maybe help some as it should spread the load over several
joists, so bending just one joist wouldn't be possible. Instead, any
load on the floor above would have to bend several as they are now all
tied together. But in reality it seems that it just doesn't make
enough of a difference to justify the effort, so I won't be adding any
more.
I usually exercise by running, but today we had six yards of topsoil
and three yards of mulch delivered. The topsoil was needed to make up
for all the
material we removed from the backyard
when we demolished
the old patio.
Here's what it looked like just before moving any of the new topsoil.
And here is what it looked like the next morning. I moved all six
yards Friday night but by the time I finished it was too late to take
any pictures.
It took a few more hours to smooth out the test of the topsoil and
finish the last little bit of brick border leading to the back deck.
Then it was time for grass seed and water.
You can also see that we spread the mulch and did some weeding in
garden areas.
I think these hostas are a little thick. We sill probably split them
up and spread them around later this year.
Now we just have to keep the new grass seed wet for a week or so and
the backyard will be looking a lot better.
