Jim was finishing up the screws in the first piece when two reps from Lowe's came to see our orange mold - we were expecting Jim's rep from the pro desk but she brought another manager also. They both really liked the building and said lots of nice things. Christine told me first thing that she knew the site would look super clean. I'm sure that was important to note so that no one could say that we had caused the mold by conditions at the site or the way the wood was stored. They took more pictures and notes and she is going to talk to Georgia Pacific - the manufacturer - and see what can be done. We'll just have to wait and see and keep our fingers crossed.
After they left, it was back to work. The piece that we put up went in front of the window, so Jim had to come up with a plan to cut out the window opening. Again, with wood it's easy but you can't hit steel with his circular saw or it would ruin it. He could have cut it out ahead of time but cutting it in place makes for a more exact fit.
The plan worked great - we have a window opening!
Strapping was next....
Just as we sat down to eat lunch, the cold-formed steel delivery truck came rumbling up the driveway.
The driver got the boom all set up - Jim had him take the really long pieces off first that we will be using for the auto bay roof.
Those pieces he just set on the side.
Quite a few pieces - this is the widest width pieces we have had so far.
Next, he took the studs that will make up the back wall of the apartment and Jim had him boom them up onto the deck. That will sure save some work!
After he left and we ate a quick bite, it was back to work on sheathing. Jim wanted to get the second row done over to the window.
It's really starting to feel like a closed in room inside now!
Back to steel...Jim inventoried the shipment and started taking all the strapping apart.
This is the track for the upstairs so Jim put it up on the deck too.
The first step to working on the roof was for Jim to make some clip angles - these will be attached to the top of the wall in the auto bay and the rafters will clip into them.
Another brute force kind of job - each of the pieces has to have 5 holes in it so Jim got his punch out. This is the heavy steel - 14 gauge - so not an easy job.
Jim had to use his heavy-duty drill and step bit for the middle hole because it needed to be bigger.
But it turned out perfectly! Now just about 30 more to go!
It was another really warm day - unfortunately, it was just about as warm inside the apartment once we got home! But we're always happy to be home and to toast the day's accomplishments!
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