2.28.2016 - Stairwell Rafters Finished & Sheathing Started!

It was a beautiful day - sunny and temperature reached about 50 degrees.  Of course, there was a brisk wind blowing which made it feel colder but it was still a glorious February day!

Jim worked a little bit more on the electric...he made this power cord that will allow him to plug into the power coming from the temporary pole.

These little red plastic grommets are cool - they attach to the steel stud and the wire is threaded through them.  That way the steel can't do any damage to the wire.

 

Jim put up some temporary planking from the upper landing to this piece of steel he attached to the other wall.  This will allow him to stand on while he is working on getting sheathing up on the outside.

 



He made another rafter this morning that goes on the top of the dormer frame - here he is attaching it to the structure.

Putting up the last main structural rafter in the carriage house!  There will be a couple temporary pieces in the dormer opening since Jim is making that right now, but the roof structure is now done!

A big grin and a thumbs up for no more rafters!!

That piece done, it's time to take down the scaffolding from the landing.

Such a clean look now that the scaffolding is out of the picture!

 

Jim had to put another section of scaffolding on top of the tower in the back so that we could start on sheathing!  The scaffolding just fit under the rafter tails - by only 1/8" inch!  Whew!

Jim cut angle to tie all the rafter tails together and installed it...

Putting up the temporary catch for the sheathing...

Marking each rafter where the sheathing will go to insure everything is perfectly straight...

Back to cutting sheathing!

Jim was able to put the sheathing up on the landing and then slide it out...

 

...and up into place!

I had to gather more toe boards from our pile to use on this roof section...

Then we got the next piece cut and Jim is putting it into place...

Then fastening it down...

This is the biggest piece for this section - it was tough to get outside.  First, Jim got it up on the landing...

Then he pulled it up onto the planks....

It was really tough getting it to the outside - it was hard to get enough of a grip on it to be able to pull it up - this is heavy wood!

But he got it up...

...then had to flip it around to get it in place.

Whew...mission accomplished!

Doing all the fastening...

 

What a red letter day - we are thrilled that the rafters are done and we are starting on sheathing!  We had to stop and get cleaned up for church, but we'll be back at it tomorrow!

 

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