9.22.2015

A very cool look at the rafter structure from underneath....

Jim spent a good chunk of the morning working on all the additional screws for each rafter.  You can see how many he had to put in.

After he got done with that, he moved all the scaffolding out of the auto bay...

...and reassembled it in front.

Then he had to go around the entire bay and add all the extra screws to each of the tails of the rafters.

Jim came up with a piece of steel designed to attach to the bottom of the rafters that would act as a kind of ledge to hold up the sheathing.

We are actually using really nice, tongue-and-groove flooring OSB for the roof sheathing.  This was an incredible buy that our Lowe's rep called us about awhile ago - someone had ordered it and not picked it up.  So we got it really cheap and it will work great for the roof.

Jim brought a few pieces down and cut the tongue off the first piece to get started.

Then he used the Bobcat to bring the sheathing up to the scaffolding.

Then he had to take it from the Bobcat....

...and put it into place.  The ledger pieces worked great to hold the sheathing into place.

Then it was time for more fastening.  However, this was really tough - this OSB is very dense and it really required a lot of force on Jim's part to get the screw through both that and the steel.  And when you're hanging on top of a roof structure, it's tough to get good leverage.

 

Continuing to work - by standing on the roof! 

The pitch of the roof is too steep to safely stand and work, so Jim put up a toe board to work from.

The next piece was a half sheet and it fit perfectly on top - the tongue-and-groove helps hold things in place too.

Fastening it down...

The next piece on the bottom requires careful cuts to fit on the hip rafters.

In order to get a better fit at the hip connection, Jim is making some angle pieces to attach to the hip.

Attaching the angle...

 

We had a few things to do before it got dark, so the next piece of sheathing will wait til the morning.  Jim moved the truck down in front of the auto bay so that we have better access to the tools.

 

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