Over the last week we have been putting the first of the beams into place. These beams extend from the shortened interior tire walls and catch the last rafter sets running east/west. As you can see from the picture the beams do not have posts … [Read more...]
We have been working on the sill plates and blocking for the roof rafters over the last week. We are using 3x8 dressed lumber for our sill plates (2-1/2" x 7-3/8" dressed), and attached them to the concrete bond beam using timber washers and nuts. … [Read more...]
This evening Chris and I dusted off the planer and ran a lift of rough 3x8 through it. This was lumber accumulated over the years from reject runs, over-runs and wrong sizes. We graded it into two piles. The good and the bad/ugly. To be fair, the … [Read more...]