Saturday, September 24, 2011

OMG! The Big Trusses Are Set!

Yes! It's true!  The Truss Co. came through yesterday and set the last bundle of trusses up on the roof!  Our amazingly wonderful crew (try getting 3 busy guys together on a Saturday!) came back today for a 2 hour window in their day and that's exactly the time it took to set the last 9.  What a challenge!  The next to last one was a double truss, to allow for the stair well.  Then the last end truss couldn't be easily tied to that next to last one.  But, their up.  I had a couple videos, but they're proving to be to big a pain to load on Blogger.  So, here's some stills of the finished project.  I didn't have a chance to take intermediary ones, as I was ground crew and they kept me hopping!

Gene's got his back to the camera on the far left.  That's Chuck in the middle on the ladder.
And Fred at this end.  They're nailing in the end truss.  The LAST one!

Finished!



And then it was time for some good ol' fashioned...

Redneck Roofing

The rains are coming so, it was time to cover everything up.  Gene and Mike worked for about an hour getting the garage under cover.  Then Gene and I worked for another 2 hours getting everything else covered.  No, we didn't get the shop trusses covered.  Too big.


Now seriously...can you think of a better use for a can of paint thinner!?

All set for winter!
After all this work covering everything, it sure as heck better rain!

Gene hopes to take tomorrow off...if it's raining.  It's much needed.  He's been working dawn to dusk for over a week and is exhausted.  Me?  I've been baking cookies and picking tomatoes from my garden...all to feed the guys.

Party on!

Gene and Coleen


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