Ned Bulken
07-04-2007, 6:05 AM
After a week where I didn't do much of anything thanks to 90* heat and 90% humidity,
My stepson and I got down to brass tacks this past weekend:
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r213/Nbulken/The%20Shop/DSC01347.jpg
Saturday was a rain shortened work day, where we leveled all of the piers and got them secured to the deck once and for all. This is a 'temporary structure' in the eyes of the town, and I know it will move with the freeze thaw cycle, but for now it is level.
Sunday started out with building the 'far' wall opposite the main entrance wall.
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r213/Nbulken/The%20Shop/DSC01353.jpg
and soon I had a wall!
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r213/Nbulken/The%20Shop/DSC01357.jpg
no bracing at this point. The caption for this reads: Hurry up and get the camera!
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r213/Nbulken/The%20Shop/DSC01359.jpg
much betterer... braced on both sides.
laid out the studs for the long back wall. simplest of the four walls, no windows or doors in this one.
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r213/Nbulken/The%20Shop/DSC01362.jpg
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r213/Nbulken/The%20Shop/DSC01363.jpg
halfway there...
and on to the main entrance wall. Since I'm going with a small footprint (right Tyler?) I decided to go up instead. The walls are 10' to the top of the sill plates (or they will be, once I get the 2nd plate installed. In keeping with the barn design, I decided that 8' tall doors would be in scale. so:
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r213/Nbulken/The%20Shop/DSC01371.jpg
6' wide 8' tall doorway.
I wrapped up at that point, it was getting late and I was really sore by this point, and didn't want to do anything stupid. Hope to get the last wall framed up today, and then to start assembling trusses.
My stepson and I got down to brass tacks this past weekend:
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r213/Nbulken/The%20Shop/DSC01347.jpg
Saturday was a rain shortened work day, where we leveled all of the piers and got them secured to the deck once and for all. This is a 'temporary structure' in the eyes of the town, and I know it will move with the freeze thaw cycle, but for now it is level.
Sunday started out with building the 'far' wall opposite the main entrance wall.
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r213/Nbulken/The%20Shop/DSC01353.jpg
and soon I had a wall!
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r213/Nbulken/The%20Shop/DSC01357.jpg
no bracing at this point. The caption for this reads: Hurry up and get the camera!
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r213/Nbulken/The%20Shop/DSC01359.jpg
much betterer... braced on both sides.
laid out the studs for the long back wall. simplest of the four walls, no windows or doors in this one.
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r213/Nbulken/The%20Shop/DSC01362.jpg
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r213/Nbulken/The%20Shop/DSC01363.jpg
halfway there...
and on to the main entrance wall. Since I'm going with a small footprint (right Tyler?) I decided to go up instead. The walls are 10' to the top of the sill plates (or they will be, once I get the 2nd plate installed. In keeping with the barn design, I decided that 8' tall doors would be in scale. so:
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r213/Nbulken/The%20Shop/DSC01371.jpg
6' wide 8' tall doorway.
I wrapped up at that point, it was getting late and I was really sore by this point, and didn't want to do anything stupid. Hope to get the last wall framed up today, and then to start assembling trusses.