Phase 2: Framing
(Continued)
Friday, November 18, 2005 dawned frosty and clear, with no
wind. I arrived at the jobsite around 0730, choosing
to arrive slightly later than on Tuesday since I had been so
much earlier than everyone on that day, and found Bob, Rod,
and a helper (Randy) at work on some last minute details,
such as applying Typar infiltration barrier to the gable
truss ends and preparing staging and other necessary things
for the job ahead.
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Since I had been there last, the crew had framed the
office walls, plumbed and squared all the walls in the
building, and rebraced everything. The office,
with its newly framed walls and two pair of large
windows overlooking the nearby field, looked almost like
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Shortly after 0800, the crane arrived, and before long
was lifting the prefabricated set of five trusses into
place. Near the end, as the boom was extended
further down, the overload alarm went off, but y
depressing a bypass, the operator could still allow the
crane to move, relying on his experience to determine
the ultimate limits of his equipment. At the time,
the trusses were hanging in position just above the
walls, with no further lowering of the boom required.
Please don't write me about safe crane operation. |
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The first set took a while
to get properly positioned, as the five of them together
were too heavy to easily move, but after some time the
two guys on the staging managed to get them in place and
tacked down, and the crane returned for the back gable.
The wind caught the sheathed gable as it went up, making
for a few interesting moments before it was brought back
under complete control, but before long it too was
safely in place atop the wall framing. Shortly
thereafter, a strong gust of wind ripped the Typar right
off most of the gable, so the preparations were for
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One by one, the trusses went up, and were secured.
By lunchtime, half were installed. I couldn't be
on site during the afternoon, unfortunately, but things
appeared to be well on track for completion.
Later, I learned that indeed they had finished with the
last truss just before dark, right around 1600. |
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I was back onsite on Sunday, mostly to check out the
progress on the shop. The roof sheathing was
nearly done by that point, with only a few partial
sheets remaining. It looked great, and the
building seemed to suddenly seem larger than it had so
far (buildings often seem small during various portions
of the construction process). In addition, the
office walls were sheathed, with the beginnings of
preparation for building roof framing for the office
underway.These
photos show the nearly fully-sheathed building on Sunday
afternoon. Good work, guys! |
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