Kevin,
Arthur and their 2 new best friends Wall Jack 1 and 2 have been busy the past
few weeks. The new buddies are built from 2-inch & 1 1/2 pipe telescope style, one inside the other and boat trailer winches. These incredible tools have played an important roll in raising the assembled
skeleton walls, enabling one man to do the work of several.
As
each room came together and support beams were raised into place I marveled at
how my house is coming together. At the
end of each day Kevin and I walked the floor plan deciding where the fireplace,
the closets, the bookshelves and next years Christmas tree will go.
The
wall in the picture above is for my future office.
I am already fantasizing myself there blogging away to my hearts
content.
It’s
New Years Day 2011 and a marathon of Star Wars movies are on again. Kevin and
Arthur are watching it again. I am in my
currently very tiny office blogging dreaming about my new office…….
Below
are a ‘VERY’ short re-play of progress.
Above: Moving one of the wall tie beams out the carport onto the sub-floor. There are a total of four beams like this used on the house, all cut from the same Pine tree. (cut from 20 foot long chunks ranging from 14 to 16 inch diameter) Chain sawed to size then cleaned up with a skill saw. You can match up the knot holes at a glance.
Arthur working Wall Jack 1 on his end, and Kevin on the other positioning one of the support beams,
