Andy Hoyt
03-08-2006, 8:08 PM
I left off a couple of days ago (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=32496) upon completion of the tower structure. Since then I've made decent but slow progress. Got the remaining crossbraces set and have almost finished the steeple. I tell you, Steeple Chasing is exhausting work. Up and down 36' ladders all day long is rough on the bones.:D
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Here's a shot from a nearby traffic helicopter that came in for a look-see. This is looking down into the guts of the steeple.
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And here's where we sit as I type. There are two short common rafters on each side of the lower portion of the steeple that I need to set. But I'm holding off until later so I can still "climb inside" to clean things up.
I'll be doing that tomorrow and then get to work on enclosing a portion of this thing with T&G paneling on the roof, and a combination of the T&G and sheetrock on some of the walls. Then SIPs, plank siding, cedar roof shingles, and the two windows. This will be done in a layered cut-away fashion demonstrating the most common (but not only) method to enclose a timberframe. T minus ten days and counting.
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Here's a shot from a nearby traffic helicopter that came in for a look-see. This is looking down into the guts of the steeple.
33473
And here's where we sit as I type. There are two short common rafters on each side of the lower portion of the steeple that I need to set. But I'm holding off until later so I can still "climb inside" to clean things up.
I'll be doing that tomorrow and then get to work on enclosing a portion of this thing with T&G paneling on the roof, and a combination of the T&G and sheetrock on some of the walls. Then SIPs, plank siding, cedar roof shingles, and the two windows. This will be done in a layered cut-away fashion demonstrating the most common (but not only) method to enclose a timberframe. T minus ten days and counting.