Jim went out after church and had to deal with freezing steel but he made and installed blocking on the rafters. All the standing water on the deck from the rain the previous night froze and we had some pretty slick areas up on the deck.
He had a few more details to finish up - one was putting the really big bolts through the plates he made for the ends of the valley rafters. This requires the impact driver and a lot of force to drive the screws through all the different layers. In fact, Jim's newest driver (the one that was supposed to be more rugged) stopped working while he was working on these screws. So that will go back for repair - good thing we have 3 in circulation now because he sure is burning through them!
Then he had to cut off the ends of the front sheathing on both the front and side walls.
Attaching the temporary blocking to hold the first piece of sheathing...
And the first piece is up and in place!
Fastening the sheathing down (no wonder Jim's body is tired when he gets home with all the crazy positions he has to be in during the day!).
Cutting the next piece...
...and putting it up into place.
We got a pretty good assembly line going - Jim would give me measurements and while he was finishing fastening down a piece of sheathing, I would mark the next piece and get it all ready for him to cut.
Making good progress!
Putting another piece up...
Putting the last piece of the night into position...
...and fastening it down in the waning light.
It's so amazing to see another big section of roofing done!
Jim stayed after dark and got another rafter made - so that's one installed and two made for the remaining valley rafter section. It's nice that he can work a little on making the rafters so that when we're ready for that section, the rafters will be ready to go.
As soon as the sun starts to set, the temperatures drop pretty dramatically. After working with the cold steel, Jim was really chilled and anxious to get home!
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