Hi Everyone
This past Saturday we arrived on the mountain with Chris and a truckload of 6"x6" beams with funny ends on them. Barak, Jenn and Baeden arrived shortly after and we got started on our porch raising. Chris set out to put in jacks and headers in the main camp where the girders would be supported with steel hangers, spiked in with 16 penny nails. We blessed Bob Harper when we confirmed that the double 2x8 joist header of the guest tower was perfectly aligned with the girders of the porch, so no support modifications were necessary. Barak helped me as we laid out the central frame, square on the porch framing and then cut and installed the cedar posts. Pushed till failing light which also brought failing judgment as I cut the last piece that runs to main house one stinking inch too short. Barak was quick with the suggestion that a build-up of plywood would fill the gap and give support for the whole steel hanger. Done in concept, and done to completion by flashlight. Just in time for a family dinner!
Dropped Chris off in Nork City, and tomorrow I will have to face the responsibility of drawing the porch roof framing, doing the trig calculations for dimensions and putting together a lumber list for next weekend when Louise and I carry on yet again.
We brought a portable propane heater for the shower area, and the increase in creature comfort afforded by drying from a shower in a heated space as the temperature drops toward the 30's outside is a joy. A kerosene heater for the main camp has been fine so far, but perhaps by this time next year we will have enough exterior finish done to justify insulation and the wood stove! I don't think we will carry on past first serious snowfall this year. This time of year I begin to experience long distance construction burn-out.
Hope all are well...love BSB
Posted by Bennett
at 8:55 AM EDT
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