9.26.2015

Jim spent a chunk of the morning on some loose ends - he got all of the rest of the house wrap tape finished as well as the rest of the bottom screws of the rafters on the sections he could reach from the scaffolding.

Then it was starting to put sheathing up on the back wall.  First, Jim put up more angle iron on the hip rafters.  Then he spent time making sure that all of the steel ledger pieces were exactly in the right place - this is a bigger section with no straight edge wall so getting the first pieces plum and square is key.

The next problem to figure out was out to get the sheathing pieces up to the scaffolding.  The forks only go out 4 feet and the sheathing pieces are 8 feet - that won't work.  Jim fastened a block underneath the forks and screwed it into an old piece of plywood - basically extending the forks.

He was able to then lift the piece of sheathing up to the scaffolding.

Then he had to drag it over to where he needed the first piece to go.

He put just enough screws to hold the first piece in place and then got the next piece up so that he could be sure everything was in a perfect position.

Then it was time to screw both of those pieces down.

Putting the end piece into place...

This is much scarier than it looks in the picture - this was taken from down below and Jim is just standing on the top of a piece of sheathing to put the next angle piece on.

Just enough time at the end of the day to cut the next piece - we'll pick up here tomorrow!

 

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