Day Seven

I managed to move all the lumber inside and then I made a template

of the rafters so I could measure the seat cuts where they will sit on

the walls.

This is what the loft looks like from downstairs.

Here I am on top of the sleeping loft. I still have to

nail down the floor/ ceiling boards. First I have to see how

the rafters will sit.

Rick in his new house.

After the reverie of completing four walls, I decided to get back to work.

These ceiling joists will support the sleeping loft and reinforce the walls

as the roof presses out.

Maybe I should have invested in a tool box.

Number Four!
Here's the south wall, framed and up, but not sheathed so

I can access the inside easily.

And it's up! Ultimately nothing but brute force was going to

raise this wall and unfortunately I was the brute. There

were a couple of dicey moments when I wasn't sure what was going to happen and I can't honestly say how much this wall weighs because I think there may

have been some sort of spiritual intercession.

Here's another. The come-a-long simply pulled the wall straight

out instead of lifting it up.

I decided to side the east wall before raising it. That might

not have been the best idea. Wet lumber, wet siding, load bearing wall-

so a double top plate, windows four feet wide-so double headers there, sill plates,

cripple studs, trimmer studs, and king studs. Basically it weighed a ton.

This is one of the methods of raising the east wall that didn't work.

P:M: Momentous day. Rick and I got to the property early and the weather held all day.

A.M.: Up at 4:00 so we can use whatever good weather there is. Forecast for the next few days is not promising so I hope to get the walls up and figure out a way to cover the cabin well enough to keep the rain out. More later.