20 August 2018
Figured it would be quick work to remove the panic
boards (2x4’s nailed horizontally close to the roof edge to keep sliding bodies
from going on a long plummet back to mother earth) and finish the last bit of
Zip System® taping.
Wrong! First step was to reattach
the wall jacks (with Chree’s help) so that I could safely access the roof
edge. Then Steve Ingram stopped by to
check on progress and schedule time to help with putting up the fascia, feature
strip, and soffit boards. By early
afternoon had the panic boards down and all the taping done, so moved on to
drilling holes in the roof for the cupola securing bolts and attaching a lamp
holder to the top of the hip post, which should give us a neat lighting effect
through the cupola’s openings. While
doing those tasks, noticed a couple of sheathing nails that had missed their
intended roof rafters. Then I spotted a
few more… And then I found that the
inside of the southwest corner looked like a pin cushion from the inside of the
barn. Fortunately, most (but not
all) of the errantly shot nails were clear of places covered by tape or Vycor®. By the time all of those bad nails had been
driven back out, moved over, driven back in, and the resulting sheathing damage
covered with more Zip® tape, ye olde legs again were having some
kind of out of body experience.
