Sunday, February 14, 2010
im all sheathed up.. uh huh
finished covering the south wall with sheathing and filled in the small gaps left today. whew, about time. next up, the band joist insulation & sheathing. first, gotta detail the entrance landing connections.
Saturday, February 13, 2010
snow
today, most of the front gable walls were finished being covered. a small gap remains. tomorrow i plan to work on the right wall. things are going extremely slowly due to unprecedented amounts of snow. today i spent a majority of my time digging out a parking space and paths through the snow.
i never imagined so many delays as to not even be close to closed in mid-february..
i never imagined so many delays as to not even be close to closed in mid-february..
Thursday, February 4, 2010
wall sheathin
put up more wall sheets today. it's slow goin, as i have to infill the headers with rigid foam prior to sheathing over those spots. sounds easy but it tends to take a while.
i whipped out the old spray foam gun to fill the gaps around the rigid foam pieces and help hold 'em in place. messy thing, it's working OK. the gun cleaner can is messed up and its getting on my hand every time i use it.. my finger tips aren't lookin too good right now.
tomorrow i'm going to try covering the small gaps remaining in the left and rear walls, and get the rear gable covered. the blizzard will be blowing from the NE, so getting these walls covered is most important.
i've been using a putty knife to cut the rigid foam, but it doesn't work well. the knife is flimsy, so it doesn't create a straight nor consistent edge. probably some kind of sharp, stiff blade, mounted in some kind of plate to keep it perpendicular to the sheet would work nicely.
i whipped out the old spray foam gun to fill the gaps around the rigid foam pieces and help hold 'em in place. messy thing, it's working OK. the gun cleaner can is messed up and its getting on my hand every time i use it.. my finger tips aren't lookin too good right now.
tomorrow i'm going to try covering the small gaps remaining in the left and rear walls, and get the rear gable covered. the blizzard will be blowing from the NE, so getting these walls covered is most important.
i've been using a putty knife to cut the rigid foam, but it doesn't work well. the knife is flimsy, so it doesn't create a straight nor consistent edge. probably some kind of sharp, stiff blade, mounted in some kind of plate to keep it perpendicular to the sheet would work nicely.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
snow
windows showed up thursday, i finished up the roof thursday. put up the ridge vent and shingled over it. still a few spots need to be dabbed with roof cement.
i left in a hurry due to the onset of nausea, which turned into a week long battle with a nasty stomach virus. just got back to doing work today, put up a few sheets of wall sheathing. expecting 12+" snow fri night. small front gable still needs to be shingled - gable wall must be sheathed first..
busy, busy.
i left in a hurry due to the onset of nausea, which turned into a week long battle with a nasty stomach virus. just got back to doing work today, put up a few sheets of wall sheathing. expecting 12+" snow fri night. small front gable still needs to be shingled - gable wall must be sheathed first..
busy, busy.
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