The weather got cold and the snow got deep, burying any lumber stacked on the ground and making outside work a real bear. The high temps plunged into the teens and any after-work, work, simply couldn’t be done on a daily basis. Add to that a 90 minute window before night fall each day and any work was a scramble. That said, I got the braces cut and installed in the corners, buried a PVC line out for power, and capped the skirt board ends in prep for cement.
The next major event would be putting on the steel roofing.
In order for that to happen, the overhangs would have to be installed. There
were a couple small things left to do before that and Ben came out to lend a
hand. Diagonal purlin braces and supports for the front trusses then meant the
external bracing could come down. For once the weather was cooperating.
The crew got a reprieve for weekend three and I worked solo
on putting up the 2x6 fascia boards and shimming them into line on both gable
ends and along the front and rear. Some purlins had to be trimmed in place to
smooth out the fascia, but it wasn’t too bad of work, aside from frequent
breaks in the car to keep my fingers and toes intact. When the flurries rolled
in mid-afternoon, I hitched up the picker and headed back to the lodge. It was
getting dangerously COLD.
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