We have all the stairway posts up and now it was time to install the tie beams, knee braces, and base posts for the bastard valley systems.

The floating knee brace worked great for installing the base post, btw. We had discussed putting the whole bent together and flying it as a whole, and we may do that when we have a crane at our disposal, but, since we have an old grad-all in the yard, we had to keep weight and size to a minimum. Everything is clicking together nicely, especially since the timbers sat around for a couple of months after cutting.