20 August 2011

 

Got up a little early, so went for a leisurely ½ hour swim, which definitely is the way to start the day.  There was just a hint of fog rising off the flat calm water.  Absolute Heaven!!!!  On his way over here Perry went on a raiding mission at his neighbor’s place (Bob Hillman – who also is a building contractor and has every tool or device known to man).  Perry came away with a pickup full of scaffolding.  So after we verified that the west wall was within 1/64″ of straight, we erected the scaffolding to allow access to the upper level of the north wall.  In less than an hour we had a super-highway up there, which made sheathing that wall a breeze, will enable us to access the roof rafters on that end, and will make putting on the cedar shingle siding much easier.  We put one end of my aluminum scaffold on the north end scaffolding and the other end on my Little Giant folding ladder and, voilá, we could sheath the east wall.  When we got to the south wall Perry informed me that I hadn’t ordered enough ½″ CDX plywood to complete the building sheathing. Ooops! It was now about 2:30 in the afternoon on a Saturday, when virtually every lumber yard is closed, closed, closed.  Fortunately, Martin’s was still open and had in stock the additional four sheets we needed… albeit somewhat more expensive and definitely lower quality than what I get from Goodro’s.  Desperate times call for disparate measures!  By quitting time, which used to be 5 o’clock until I started working with the slave driver, the shed upper level walls were completely covered with plywood… and we were two tuckered puppies.  After the work site was secured for rain and an cold, refreshing libation drunk, dinner again was served right out of the Tupperware at 8 o’clock.