Curse You, Overhead Power Lines!

 If you look closely, you will see that the roof trusses have been lifted into the centre of the roof. They are resting on scaffold that was pre-positioned to hold them. Jim will stand and brace them from there.  Our neighbour, Terry, came down with his bucket truck again and lifted them in place. His son, Greg, and our friend, Craig, were on hand to help. There was only one fly in the ointment. On the way home, Terry forgot to lower the boom on the tuck and managed to snag and bring down a power line. Luckily, it didn't break, no one was hurt and it was easily and quickly re-installed.

Jim and Craig managed to get a little of the sheeting on the south side done, as well, but, unlike the gorgeous weather today, yesterday was very snowy. Still, it was a good day on the scaffold.

All Walls Present and Accounted For

As is obvious from the pictures, winter did not stay away.  We don't have too much snow but Jim is back to building in the winter.  It was the one thing that he really wanted to avoid.  Luckily, this project isn't critical (don't tell him that I said that) and he can pick and choose the days that he works.

The north wall was stood this morning and Jim has started sheeting it in.

One Wall At A Time

The south wall is in position and Jim is building the north wall, hoping to get it lifted into position this coming weekend. How many more of these beautiful fall days can we expect to get before winter hits? There is one door and three windows on this wall. The east and west walls each have one window and the north will have two windows and a double door.

Wind, Wind, Stay Away

The east and west walls are up and braced waiting for the end walls to be built and erected. Until everything is in place and sheeted, we are seriously hoping the winds stay calm or at least calmer.

Poor Bob

About a month ago Bob came to visit and whenever Bob comes to visit, we put him to work.  This time he had the pleasure (?) of shoveling dirt around inside the shop to level the floor and, shoveling more dirt on top of the septic mound in the hopes that it won't freeze this winter. But the biggest job, by far, was installing the overhead door with Jim. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!

Our Little Bunker

We are hoping to get more done on the shop this year but, if nothing else can get done, it's at least closed in for the winter.  Jim finished putting the main floor down and has sheeted the sides.  One of our neighbours, while getting left over clay for his yard, placed some extra inside the basement so that the floor can be leveled and readied for cement next spring.

Yes that's Jim playing in the little backhoe.  The pond managed to get filled in during the excavation process so he is trying to re-dig it and and, at the same time, make it deeper...looks like it might take a while.

We Are Floored...Well, Nearly

It took about a week (and all done after work) but the floor joists are all in.

This weekend, Jim was able to start putting the floor down