Last Weekend Work

Went back up to the cabin for a three day workathon. Made a good dent in getting the thing weather tight. Should be ready for the roofer now. Just in time as rain is expected in the next week or so, and the season appears to be changing. Hoping to at least get the bitchathane on and sealed.


Got the fascia boards up and most of the vertical trim up. The walls are sealed together with a piece of styrofoam and then the two yellow flaps are taped together. From inside this seemed to create an extremely airtight seal. Then the siding is nailed up. We had to hold off on the deck trim till we get the deck up.



Finally some pictures of the fascia boards, took a while to dial all of these in with the details on the barge sections. We left the boards proud since I'm not positive if I will be putting in gutters and how the end fascia would work with or without these.

Here's a summary of how things went.

First off, thanks to the crew, David Finucane, his dad Ray Finucane, Marty Farrell, Steve Weatherall and Scott Lawler. And also to my Neighbor Juan Villanueva and my in town helpers Mick and Melanie Long. Off and on I think I always had five people helping out and we couldn't have gotten it done without everyone pitching in.
Here's a short run down of the week.
Days 1 and 2
Wednesday-The truck arrived around 1PM. It took about three hours to get things unloaded and then realize we had no good solution on getting the pallets to the house. The truck I had was much smaller than what they told me, and I had to send him home. We ended up the next day looking for a larger flat bed truck, but it was harvest time and they were all gone. Ray showed up with a car trailer, it turned out to be an ok solution, though it took us the whole day to haul the pallets down, follow with the forklift, unload and then return. We took some pictures of the stacks, David posing to show how big they were.
By Thursday night, we had all but the largest roof pallet loaded at the site.

Day Three

The first two days were spent setting things up, luckily while we were hauling things out, David and Steve were unpacking. Doing a good job of it for the most part. I believe Steve was throwing the floor panels down by himself at one point.
On Friday, we were finally able to get started with the setup. The floors went down pretty quickly once we got the hang of it. Marty and Steve put the final touch on the floor moving the entire thing an inch with just two crowbars. By lunch time we were ready for the walls. It took a while to get the system down, but by the time Steve had to leave we had a couple pieces up. Here's the crew posing for Steve's exit.



By the end of the day, we had 2/3 of the walls up and we were pretty beat.
Scott and David early the next morning I guess, as we finished pretty much in the dark.


Saturday, day four, we spent working on the decks. We had to have the deck frames up to support the post and rafters for the deck roof. Without all that we couldn't get the entire roof up. The deck sections set up rather quickly, unfortunately, I think we were overanalizing both the setup and the plans. We couldn't quite get the posts to lineup correctly with our sections. In the end we had everything up and figured on resolving things when we started with the rafters. While we were working on the deck we also set up the final wall segments. Here's some intermediate deck setups and the final wall up, so Scott could get home to his family.

Day FIve

Sunday, got the final deck pieces set up and all caught up on a lot of small things finished. Got the center ring support up. This holds all of the rafters together as well as the frame for the skylight. Once the entire structure is in place, the support is removed. We had to use the forklift to get the thing up straight.

Day Six

Got the rafters up and started blocking. Tightened the turbuckle for the walls.
Blocking was probably the hardest part. A compound cut on both sides. Eventually we got the hang of it, but since this was a finished piece we had to take our time. And with twenty of them to cut it took me the whole evening. Sadly everyone except Ray left today, so we're pretty much on our own.
However, Coretta showed up with our dog so I'll have company at night.

Day Seven

Things were set for the roof wafers. We were weary of getting started, but once set, the pieces went up rather quickly. It took us about ten hours over the next two days to finish.

Day Eight

Last pieces of the roof on. These were the larger pieces for the deck.
Here's a picture of Ray's loading aparatus.



Here's Mike aligning the first piece onto the deck.

Resting and enjoying what we've got so far

Finally got to relax and enjoy what we've been working for. Even Charlie was tired from all the excitement.




Here's some pictures of where we are now. Probably won't be back up for two weeks, trying to clear my mind and get refreshed on the project. Debating on hiring a roofer to speed things along. We'll see how the quotes look.

Couple odds and end

The two turnbuckles hold wires in place around the walls and the roof rafters. These are what keep the house structurally sound. They are tightened to a specific torque. Here's a picture of them before they get covered up.


And finally some art that formed on it's own.

Yurt Is up

Haven't had time to write up the whole ordeal, but the roof is up and the place is secure.
More info to follow shortly.

Yurt is Loaded

The truck has been loaded and is on it's way down from Oregon. Should be here sometime tomorrow afternoon. Here are some pictures of the final load.