Trimmed back just enough ceiling to put the wall up.
If you noticed in one of the first few pictures there was an HVAC register in the existing wall, I had to relocate that and also added a wye pipe to put a register inside the fish room.
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This part was tricky, before removing the wall that supported the load, I had to frame in the new wall using 2x12’s over the concrete that doesn’t have a footer. The structural engineer said that there wasn’t a big risk as long as I installed the glue lam beam rather quickly, I used a series of jacks to keep other beams up while getting the glue lam in place.
Removed the old wall
Sorry I don’t have any pictures of framing in the glue lam all I have is this one with the door roughed in:
I had to leave it like that until the inspector cleared in and then roughed in electrical and drywall was next.