Compost bin turned over, beehive opened up & other signs of bears
We heard what we think is a cub calling for mommy last night. It had been calling for a while, unfortunately the flashlight made it stop, we were hoping to see it.
Garden
Not much but happy to have something with everything going on this year.
House – Roof Trusses
No work today, lazy rainy Sunday. I did check on the house to make sure the tarp was keeping the water away which it did.
4 down 18 to go
House – Stairs & Roof Trusses
Of course I’m missing lumber for the last step 🙂
Fixing the 22.5° problem, one trial at a time.
Unfortunately I forgot to snap a pic of the resulting trusses, tomorrow.
House – Getting a door and some stairs
I raised the platform a bit to prevent conflict with the door, add storage, and because I think I can fit a little desk under the bottom stairs.
After a heavy storm, we upgraded the 2nd floor tarp
House – Shitty day
Sun-burnt, bug bitten, wind eroded, eye wood dusted and barely any progress. I’m taking a break tomorrow.
House – Sheathing, 2nd floor joist blocking & 2nd floor OSB
Today saw an amazing push with help from Peter, Matt, Rich & Kevin. This was quite a crew and 3 daunting tasks were taken care of fast & well. Nicole & I are ever so grateful for the help we received today; it was a lot of work, a lot of support and it puts us right in front of being able to raise the frame of the second floor. There is nothing like seeing walls go up to strengthen building will.
Sweet blocking!
There’s a party on the 2nd floor
House – Finished 2nd floor joists & some sheathing
The OSB isn’t attached to the 2nd subfloor yet but it’ll help prevent the tarp from sagging. It almost looks like a shelter!
House – 2nd floor progress
Another 12h days, too tired for comments, just a bunch of pics.
House – Not a great day
The Sun was beating on me all day and a fire broke out pretty close to our land. I had trouble finishing the OSB and barely got started on a wall. Tarping everything up for the night took for ever. Not a productive day.
House – Subfloor Framing
Blocking is very time consuming; so is having to deal with uneven boards. Thanks to my boss Mark for taking his own time off to work 11 hours straight thus saving me time and mistakes made.
House – Support Built-Up Beam Anchoring
Once again I spent hours measuring & leveling; the laser level has proven itself to be invaluable.
To lift the beams up I used a technique I don’t know the name of but that I discovered watching this: link. This is no Stonehege but 3 2x8x16 with plywood sandwiched between is more than I can lift, this technique worked really well.
Leveling, mesuring, hammering for 9 hours. The 2 heaviest parts of the house, piers & beams are up a month ahead of schedule.
