Thursday, January 14, 2016

Rafter spacers / Walls sheathed

We are part way done putting spacers between the rafters, to support the edges of the roof sheathing:






 I have a tape measure running the length of the house so that I can change the length of the boards Beth cuts for me, if the rafters get off 16in centers. One end I can nail easily, but the other end is harder, so I toe-nail it from both sides and put in a toe nail from the bottom of the rafter.



Some friends came over again, and we finished the sheathing.  The third row was pretty hard, but we eventually got a routine that worked
(not shown): hand one end of the sheet up to Rusty on the right. Have Matt, on left carry the other end up, with Tobias steadying it from the center. Then while Rusty and Matt hold it, Tobias nails it, starting at the bottom center, and working up and then out. Meanwhile Matt glues the next. Pro-tip: get the 20$ caulk gun at Lowes, not the 10$. It's worth it.

Here is a sheet going up:


Then the camera operator went away, and when she came back, we were about to put up the last little piece of wall. I like this one, because the south wall is in the dark, so this end wall is just floating in night:
I am cutting off the headplates that I had left long. It would have been a lot easier at many earlier points in the process.

Here is Rusty gluing for the last sheet. You can't see it, but he signed his name in glue:



And, the last sheet is up! Walls are done. Roof...soon?
We call this the "Prow of the Ship". It is the back of the trailer, but when it's parked, any end is the front.

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