Ted to the Rescue--again

So, yesterday we had this problem with the staircase in the basement.  Today, we do not.  The master builder rides again. 

When I arrived at the house this morning, Nathan said the stairs were almost done. Ted was in the basement.  So I called out to him and asked him about how he was dealing with the problem of headbanging.  Said Ted,"There is no problem with the headbanging.  I have solved it."  He held the ladder and I climbed down into the cellar.  Ted pointed out the floor joists and beam that are right over the start of the stairs.  He said,"There will be a wall supporting the ceiling right next to the stairs.  I can therefore slim down the girder and joists to create more headroom." 

The girders that went in through the second floor window are now installed. Nathan and Jeremy show off their work here:

Ted says that he will begin framing the rooms on the second floor on Monday.  He will nail a pattern on the floor first.  He wants me to have physical sense of how the space will be divided before he puts the walls up.  This will be really exciting.