Things are still slippery at the site - you can see that under the new snow, it's clear solid ice. The snow helps a little but it's still really easy to lose your step! Jim put more gravel on the area where we walk from the downstairs shop to the stairwell area.
Jim took down all the scaffolding that was on the concrete - unfortunately, it doesn't match up with any of the other scaffolding.
Then we got ready to stand the wall up. Jim attached a piece of steel temporarily where the wall would stop...
...as well as put some blocking on the end so that the wall couldn't slip off.
Ta da! We have a partial wall standing!
Jim then put some fasteners at the bottom to hold it in place.
And a few fasteners to hold the end piece to the wall. However, he wanted to keep the top part of the wall free so that he could tuck the house wrap behind the stud.
A brace will hold everything in place - Jim is checking with the level to make sure the wall is straight.
Then it was time to build up more scaffolding on the stairwell area. Jim put planks down for the feet to sit on but it's still a little wobbly since this stairwell area is made up of different planks.
Time to add the remaining studs in the wall section.
All of the studs are in place and Jim is fastening them down to the track.
A view of the new wall from up on the hill...
Lunch break time! With the kerosene heater cranking and stools around the table, it feels like home! Jim's been doing lots of work down here too - moved the block for the knee wall and went through lots of boxes that were stacked in the area where the utility room will go. He even did some layouts of where the wall will go.
After lunch, it was time to do more sheathing!
A little difficult to move such a big piece of sheathing out but we got it done and Jim is setting it in place.
The inside view...
Cutting the tiny triangle to finish this course of sheathing...
Then Jim put house wrap up on this section, behind the wall, so that he could then finish attaching the wall to the side of the carriage house. It was a relief to get it attached because Jim was having to move from one scaffolding tower to the other by crawling over the wall and it was scary not having it attached at the top!
The next sheet of house wrap...
The outside view - Jim is finishing attaching the sheathing down.
Taping the house wrap. Everything had to be finished on this side because Jim has to take the top level of scaffolding off the side tower and move it to the other tower.
Taking down the scaffolding section...
...and building it up on top.
Jim standing on the sheathing - don't try this at home, kids!
I got the next piece measured and marked - Jim decided to use a 4' piece to make it easier to handle and get outside.
Strapping is next...
Moving the half sheet of sheathing outside...
...and into place. Jim couldn't get it all fastened - we'll have to build another scaffolding tower on the concrete to be able to reach the rest.
End-of-the-day picture...this side is really taking shape and becoming safer from the elements!
However, even though I went home at this point, it wasn't the end of the day for Jim. There is some rain/sleet/snow in the forecast for tonight and tomorrow. He's going to need some of the scaffolding that's in front of the carriage house and wanted to take down the plank before the weather became treacherous. However, once he got up on the scaffolding, he decided to take down his guide rope that he used for his harness - it was still attached to the peak of the roof and he's been wanting to get it down. So he climbed up to the peak and removed it - never an easy task but complicated by the fact that he's wearing coveralls now. However, when he got down, he realized that the end of the rope was buried in about a foot of ice from where snow and ice had fallen off the roof. He took the spud bar and chipped and chipped away at it until he was finally able to free the rope. He was pretty beat by the time he got home!
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