Very nice buck. 

We (mostly Jeff) started the bedroom roof on Sunday. First thing to do was put the sill plates on (non-pressure treated 2″x8″), along with the foam barrier. Drilling out all the holes for the bolts took a little time. I worked on sanding the boards, getting the writing and stains off. Everything will be exposed, and it’s much easier sanding it on the ground then above your head.



Jeff rigged up some boards to hold up the main beam. He’s basically done this whole roof by himself, so he didn’t have me to hold boards up for him. Makes everything go a little slower.





The angle of the bedroom roof is similar to the back of the main roof. Once he got a template figured out, he started on the rafters.







Then he trimmed up the ends and started putting up the T&G. We ended up with 1″x8″ boards from a local lumber yard. They were just put on the pile when Jeff got there so he had prime selection.





Jeff finished up the boards and got Typar on yesterday before it rained all night. Finally - a dry room in the house!



This board is for support on the outside wall.




Today Jeff hoped to finished the outside wall with the T&G along with each end. Then we're wrapping it up tight and leaving it to move on to the bigger roof. We're borrowing scaffolding from a friend and will hopefully have some help this weekend to get the main beam up along with the 2″x12″ rafters. We've really lucked out with the weather, but today it was beginning to get cold again.

On the news today, a service member who was shot at Ft Hood said he thought at first it was a drill exercise.
So when the major got up on a desk and started yelling he just did not really truly think it was more then an exercise on how to respond. I think this would explain why some just did not react at first and maybe why the major was successful at shooting so many people and shooting all those rounds.

haha ever watch cartoons when one of the characters shakes his head back and forth really fast and it makes a funny (blubba blubba blubba) sound and then there are little stars and things twinkling above his head but he starts to think again?

I was doing that a moment ago! hahahha 

Yup -- took a tape to my door at home and had a light bulb moment of sorts.

Just realized I should have done that months ago!  DOH!

Don:  thanks!  I'm totally stoked again!

I hadn't thought about using the other side as part of this floor plan until you posted that drawing and then it occurred to me that the slim sheet (2 footer) will make 16 feet of 2 foot T&G so will fit perfectly on both sides and can be the start point.  Then working back from there I just cut the 6 footer and install, then cut put the 8 footer in on the other side and drop the remaining 2 feet from the 6 footer behind it and viola you are sheeting a 16 foot long by 13 foot wide floor with 7 sheets and very little waste!

I would opt to re-frame for a 36" entry.  A little more work but doable.

I think that's it!  Wow!  Thanks Don!  Sheesh, I'll have to start paying you soon for all the advice!

OK, so I wasn't sure about the trimmed off comment but I can see taking sheets 1,2 and 3 (with 3 being trimmed to 3 feet wide) and installing them as shown with sheet 4 cut into 2 foot strips to be placed at the bottom and top of each 8 footer.  The 5th sheet will be cut down to about 2 feet leaving nearly the same (so I ought to make it an even two feet me thinks).

This works becuase then I do the other side with the remainder of sheet 5 and 3 6 foot sheets....wait a minute.....

Cut sheet 4 into a 6 foot length and put the 2 footer under #3, then use the 6 foot section on the short loft across from it....let me try this...

   It would be nearly impossible to move furniture throught a 28" or 30" door . . .


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