siding day!!

Saturday December 9, 2017

The entire crew was here today! Of the second half of the whole project, this was likely the most pivotal day.  Today was the big siding day. These boards were carefully stacked in early August, some in the field covered by a tarp and some were loaded unto a wagon and taken to the barn. There are many types of woods here and some variance of thickness so the drying process has been a bit irregular. Some are cracked and warped. So sorting is step one for the person cutting the siding.

Lola was happy to sit near the heater. Note the uneven floor!

We broke into two separate crews today to work on siding. We made a template for the slope at the top to make this easier. Until the template got thrown in the scrap pile. More than once. Measure, cut, screw it up, start over. Each plank separate. 

It is almost impossible to cut/drill with heavy gloves on!

Evan ran the forklift and he and Gerri moved large stacks of siding up near the camp. Dale and Kelsey work well together. 

We had a "chili" picnic in what almost feels like a building now. Getting the picnic table set close enough to the fire to be warm without being too close as well as finding a level place for 4 picnic table legs at the same time was tricky.  Chili, hot chocolate, apples and leftover cookies from church yesterday made a nice quick lunch today.

 Looking at the picnic from the camp building.

 Perspective on the amount of air conditioning.

 

In the foreground of this picture is a metal plate that we used as a bridge to get the forklift in the building over the 2-3 foot hole near the foundation. There was a pretty sharp fall off the edge if you didn't watch where you were walking. Likely not OSHA approved.

The laugh for today was Brad commenting that he smelled popcorn while he was working on the lift in the peak above the heater. After a little time, we discovered the only thing cooking was Adam's Carharts' from standing too close to the heater!! In this pic, Brad and Adam fit boards on the east wall. Bob says Brad and Adam spend a lot of energy arguing.

There were many hands held high when Bob sought a volunteer to go Ace for screws at 3 pm as he was afraid we would run out before the end of Sunday. Jack seemed to be the coldest so he won. Ace hardware in Clyde is sure we are building a skyscraper...definite frequent flyer miles there lately.








Dale commented later that Jack had to be cold running the forklift as there was snow accumulating on him while running the forklift!




Evan cut, Adam and Brad did the East wall. when that was done, Evan went to help Bob start the west wall, ....later Adam and Kelsey then worked on the rest of the west wall.

Dale returned for each day of fun!

This day, like many others ran into the early evening...here Ted is holding a board helping Dale and Kelsey to measure and cut with the flashlight. 

This picture was taken at the end of the day, before dark of course, the last work of the day was done on the back of the building.

Sunday December 10, 2017