3 of 4 walls complete, 4th (the longest and hardest to get to) at about 50%. Felt up on the three completed walls. Made a nifty little support to hold the felt up while nailing it on so I don't tear it. Since the roof isn't on yet and I can hang it over the top plate, it works GREAT! Necessity dictates ingenuity and improvisation. The missus doesn't climb, so I had to come up with a way to hold the rolled up cut piece near level, tweak the position of the sheet, hold a nail, drive the nail, hang on to the ladder, etc, etc, etc. When doing carpentry, it would be handy to have 8 arms like an octopus. Lost my part-time volunteer help (son-in-law) for half the weekend, and besides that, every time I've planned to put this roofing on, it has RAINED. Now I have beautiful weather, and no help to set the roof panels. Still need to put up the facia before I start the roof. Using PVC trim board for that so I NEVER have to paint that facia. Still undecided how to finish out the soffits because of slamming into the endstops with the budget. They can wait. Will just have put some screen in and keep a can of wasp spray handy.
Because of my bonehead mistake cutting a panel to fit around the east window, as well as my original screwup with the stud spacing on the east wall which required ripping two sheets to match the spacing, I'm now one sheet short of having enough plywood to cover the back wall. Of course, my calculations were for a perfect world, and I threw in what was supposed to be two extra sheets. If ya screw up the framing and cut one sheet wrong, so much for the extra two sheets. Gonna put inside sheathing on the workshop end, so have no problem playing Tetris with some of the scraps to finish closing up the back wall. I'll have to cover that up quick, though, because it'll irritate me as long as I can see it. Expensive screwup in the process ($50/sheet for plywood).
Budget is blown because of lumber prices, so now just in damage control mode. I still won't go cheap, but will definitely be more diligent about verifying what I'm doing before I cut anything. Going pretty fast with just me and the missus, so no reason to keep beating on it.
Inspector came by and approved Rough Electrical and Framing yesterday. Once I get the roof on, I think they'll sign off final. Guess I misunderstood what the first inspector told me. They're not real picky about unattached storage (detached garage) buildings here until you add electricity, water, and sewer. The inspector was in fact very pleased with the work. I only have electricity with a capped off provision for a future water supply, no sewer at all, so that simplifies the inspection process considerably.
The inspector didn't notice it, but I found yesterday while sheathing the back wall that there's still a little give in the back wall (which of course pushes on the front wall because of the trusses). Looks like a couple more triangles needed to resolve that. Can't think of a better use for the 14 foot 2x4's that I dirtied up with the slab form. Otherwise, since putting on the sheathing, it's solid as a rock. I think I'll tackle that little mod today if me and the missus finish covering the back wall. The concrete and wet weather have the 2x4's so twisted up, they're not much use for anything else but bracing now anyway.
Because of my bonehead mistake cutting a panel to fit around the east window, as well as my original screwup with the stud spacing on the east wall which required ripping two sheets to match the spacing, I'm now one sheet short of having enough plywood to cover the back wall. Of course, my calculations were for a perfect world, and I threw in what was supposed to be two extra sheets. If ya screw up the framing and cut one sheet wrong, so much for the extra two sheets. Gonna put inside sheathing on the workshop end, so have no problem playing Tetris with some of the scraps to finish closing up the back wall. I'll have to cover that up quick, though, because it'll irritate me as long as I can see it. Expensive screwup in the process ($50/sheet for plywood).
Budget is blown because of lumber prices, so now just in damage control mode. I still won't go cheap, but will definitely be more diligent about verifying what I'm doing before I cut anything. Going pretty fast with just me and the missus, so no reason to keep beating on it.
Inspector came by and approved Rough Electrical and Framing yesterday. Once I get the roof on, I think they'll sign off final. Guess I misunderstood what the first inspector told me. They're not real picky about unattached storage (detached garage) buildings here until you add electricity, water, and sewer. The inspector was in fact very pleased with the work. I only have electricity with a capped off provision for a future water supply, no sewer at all, so that simplifies the inspection process considerably.
The inspector didn't notice it, but I found yesterday while sheathing the back wall that there's still a little give in the back wall (which of course pushes on the front wall because of the trusses). Looks like a couple more triangles needed to resolve that. Can't think of a better use for the 14 foot 2x4's that I dirtied up with the slab form. Otherwise, since putting on the sheathing, it's solid as a rock. I think I'll tackle that little mod today if me and the missus finish covering the back wall. The concrete and wet weather have the 2x4's so twisted up, they're not much use for anything else but bracing now anyway.
