Amazing clouds rolling through!It was cloudy off an on last week. And God has a sense of humor. See, normally our problem is more time then materials. The last week - decent temps, plenty of materials, and NO TIME! UGH! Things were switched around at Mr. Man's work, time will tell if its a good…
Grace
Wall Sheathing
The not so nice part about big build days - the next couple of days is finish work. So while they finished up the rafter supports and fitting the subfloor down, we were busy downstairs putting some wall sheathing up. It was another great day to build! Answered prayers - we asked for the storms…
Raise the Roof
Blue showed up early to help out - like 6:30am. The two of them were able to knock out the last 7 rafters within a couple of hours. It was a good morning - overcast and spitting rain - much better then the triple digit heat!After Blue left my family showed up to help. …
Mother Nature wins again
Today I experienced something I never had before. Mother-in-law wanted to take the children for the day. All of them. Interesting dilemma for me - what do I do all day by myself?! Normally, this would be my opportunity to clean the house. But goodness, I don't even have a house to clean or organize! I decide to window…
Building the Rafters
Once it hit mid 90's it was decided to remake the jig inside the house and attempt assembly in there. Complete with rigging foam board and setting up the wall AC unit to have cool air when needed. Yes in a window, in the house. Hey, desperate times call for desperate measures!Plywood gussetsIts kinda funny - for…
Roof Construction
How strange is this? After a week of only running up to check on the land and staying at my parents, we go back to this.The color change is beautiful!!Except that its July and the color change is because its been over 100 for weeks and no rain in 4 months...So off to work we…
Times of trial
They say if you can build a house together, you can make it through anything. I figure this sentiment is often referring to a couple deciding things like layouts, design, finishes - contracting it all out. What does that mean when you are literally building a house together, DIYing all of it? It has become very apparent the last couple of…
Coming together
Here it is! The roof rafters, sheathing and wall sheathing!! Again, thanks to mama!! Those little boards up front - 4x3 bead-board on clearance for $1.30 instead of $11!! Yea, we got all they had. How wonderful!! Tomorrow starts the work making all the trusses. Since it is so hot we figure it will be very slow going, but…
Deck and Temps
These are August temps right here (it did show 115 at one point)! And considering we haven't had a significant rain since March, it is not a good situation. I will admit, the lack of rain has been somewhat helpful for construction. But its two-edged because we really need the rain. The pond across the street is completely dry…
Together Simply 