roof: the director’s cut
Above: the problem! Below: the solution!
she’s not DONE
but she’s READY posting unlocked because everyone gets to see this, real time not gonna do any more construction posts til after I get home, because I am p00ped but she GOES she rides SO SMOOTH, brakes cleanly with no wobbling. i took her over a cattle grate at 60 & she shook … a …
congratulations, it’s a door!
Hey Siliconshaman LOOK I remembered to mark the edges before I took the hinges off! (for which i MOST PROFOUNDLY thank you)
just a bit of wall
I wasn’t feeling up to working on the roof today & everything’s still wet from the snow yesterday anyway, so it was a wall day. & I was kicking ass until I ran out of screws. Still, it’s more wall done, a bit closer to being able to put in the door. I’ll take it. …
a very Halpful tomcat
I’ve been letting Major Tom come outside with me every so often while I’m working on the tinker’s wagon; it’s not baby bunny season, he’s staying close to the house, & anyway he’s a quick little (big) shit & I can’t always catch him on the way out the door.
stapling flappy things in the wind
Above is a picture of the side of the roof I wanted to get housewrap over today! Note that there is a tarp over it! Which I did NOT want to take all the way back off, because bugger that for a lark!
the continuing saga of Roof
Because of the rafters, I needed more than sixteen feet of roof. To be precise, as seen above, I needed sixteen feet & 20.5 inches of roof, so that’s what I cut. That piece went on the back section of the roof, & the rest of that sheet of plywood went along the side, which …
moar roof
But first, a break to demolish some pallets, first, cos the wood will want a couple days to dry before I start putting it on the wall.
what’s with the LEG
Once, when he was very tiny, I caught Loiosh sleeping like this. Two days ago, I caught him sleeping like this. … idk, but apparently it works for him.
this is the Very Most Excellent Idea
By which I mean yes, I AM using my van as scaffolding. … look, unlike a ladder, my van will. Not. Fall. Over.