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| Decking on the 2nd floor on both houses |
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| One of the center fire walls going up on Thrivent side |
Monday
04/15
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| It's up. But it makes me kind of sad we can't see our fellow volunteers on the other side. :( |
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| WB outer side wall framed & ready for sheathing |
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| Getting everyone on the same page before we lift this wall |
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| It's up! |
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| Each bay (the space between each stud) is nailed to the 2nd floor decking |
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| Nailing the sheathing from both the 1st & 2nd floors to the rim board that's between the two floors |
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| When we need to nail the sheathing from the outside of the wall we sometimes miss the stud creating what we call an 'air ball'. We have to hammer it back out from inside the house and climb the ladder to try again. I'd like to say I never do this but... |
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| By end of day WB has an outer side wall up |
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| Thrivent house has their center fire wall up & just need to sheath their side outer wall before it goes up |
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| A lovely sunny day to work outside! |
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| More Spring! |
Tuesday
04/16
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| Nailing insulation to sheetrock on the first of two WB house firewalls |
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| Thrivent house side wall. Raising an outer wall goes like this. Once the framing and sheathing is complete, we lay a thick line of wood glue where the wall will sit. Then you gather an enthusiastic (or maybe just kind of nutty) group of people. On the count of three, lift the wall half way & push it towards the chalk line indicating it's permanent position. |
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| Lift it into place |
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| Keep a hold on it until the braces are in place. And voila! You have a wall! :) |
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| An insulation outline is nailed to our second firewall |
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| Up it goes! |
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| This crazy tree has both pink & white blossoms |
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| Bill, Mike & Ri Len are either strategizing our next step on the build or just shooting the breeze in the sunshine. Hmmm... |
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| Time for the back wall |
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| End of day WB |
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| End of day Thrivent |
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| Thrivent house |
Wednesday 04/17
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| Interior walls need to get up as Mike is having our roof trusses show up on Thursday, a day early. Yikes! |
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| I spent the afternoon nailing some pieces of outer wall sheathing on the front & back of the houses that couldn't be attached when those walls went up because the sheathing extended beyond the walls on the sides of the houses. Keep in mind when you see how far I am from the ground that I walked onto site a year & a half ago with a major fear of heights. I'd say I've made some progress. :) |
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| End of day WB |
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| End of day Thrivent |
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| Honestly, we won't leave these out on the sidewalk. Tomorrow they'll fly :) |
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