16 August 2018
Ty and Doug here before 7 and started right in
putting ⅝″ Zip System® tongue and groove (T&G) sheathing on the
barn roof. I put up a few electrical boxes
for the barn interior lights, then started installing the soffit outlooks. Right after lunch it was obvious that, if we
wanted to finish the roof today, we would need the four sheets of T&G sheathing
that Goodro’s didn’t deliver yesterday.
So Shlomo and I schlepped into r.k. Miles, the other lumber yard
in Middlebury, where they were only too happy to sell me those four sheets...
for $170!!!! Right after I returned to
Fern Lake, Goodro’s called to tell me… (wait for it!)… that they were still out
of T&G sheathing. (Bet you didn’t
see that one coming.) By quitting time
the barn roof was sheathed, the cupola also had a roof, and the foundation for
the cupola was screwed onto the barn roof peak.
