Unfortunately, there was still quite a bit to do before we could deliver the pool table. As luck would have it, we had just picked up 28 pieces of sheathing in the truck last night. So the first thing Jim had to do was offload all of the sheathing into the yard.
Then we had to unload all of the tools in the truck into the shop and then get the pool table ready for its trip. Jim had it strapped down well but we wanted to wrap it, put foam in between the slate pieces, and find and package all of the miscellaneous parts. But we got on the road and actually got to the guy's house right at 11:00. Everything went well, even though we held our breaths a couple times watching the sons carry the 200 pound pieces of slate down into an outside cellar door.
Even though it had been a drizzly night and morning, we were very happy to see that our roof is making an impact on the amount of water on the deck. You can see that there are standing puddles on the floor where there is no roof but it's totally dry underneath. That continued downstairs - there were very few puddles in the shop.
Poor Jim has certainly moved these pieces of sheathing around a lot in a day - first, loading up at Lowe's, unloading this morning which required first putting them on the Bobcat and then on the ground, and then this afternoon it was loading back up on the Bobcat and moving them up on the deck.
We brought 16 pieces up and got them all tucked under the roof and covered just in case.
The sun never really materialized this afternoon as promised and the roof was still wet, so after loading all of the tools back onto the truck and bringing it back up the top driveway, it was time to think about scaffolding for the next phase. The problem was to get another tower built up and level with the existing scaffolding without having to totally excavate the hill.
Jim's solution was to first build a 3' section of scaffolding a section away.
It did require Jim to dig about 6" or 7" of dirt away underneath the top frame to try and get it level.
You can see the excavated dirt away was enough for us to be able to set the frame and get it level. Then Jim was able to position it exactly so that it lined up with the other scaffolding.
Then came the fun part of moving platforms and dismantling the first tower pieces to use for the new section. The very top frames he carried along the top of the scaffolding; the next level he was able to put the frame in the window and carry them around.
Everything lined up well and Jim was able to build the new section of tower so that he can reach the other side of the roof.
Once it was built, Jim had to replace some of the cross braces that he and Kyle had to use on the far tower so that everything was secure.
It was great to get this scaffolding tower figured out and built. However, it really wasn't the best day to do this. Everything was wet which made all the steel extra slippery to work on plus your gloves got all wet, which with the cold temperatures made for some uncomfortable hands!
Now that there is scaffolding on this side, Jim put it to work. He had to cut a flange off the valley rafter on this side so that the end angle would fit.
Installing the end angle...
We managed to get a lot accomplished today despite the delivery trip and weather. We are thrilled to have sold the pool table at our asking price - no more worries about storing it and moving it on/off the truck. Plus, it's huge that our scaffolding is all in place so that we can continue our roof work.
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