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10月30日 Sorry no pics yet....Not making much progress and its frustrating.
This past weekend was chaos. Between having to run to the store numerous times for items that either were cut wrong or forgotten and broken tools, we managed to only get in bickering matches. Saturday, on one of my many trips to Menards, I returned to realize that when I picked up the soffit materials; the kid in the yard loaded solid soffit rather than vented. Not only are these sheets about $14 a piece, they are 12 feet in length. This essentially means that they will not fit in my SUV and that the five pieces I have were useless. Top that off with the fact that we had already cut into one. I ended up going to Lowes and purchased two vented pieces. They were only 12 inches wide and 12 feet long so I had to cut two feet off to get them home and then come up with a way to balance the panels using solid and vented of two different widths. Not to mention they are contoured differently as well. Grrrrrrr..... I got it figured out though and Jay did get the shed shingled so there was a little progress. At the end of the evening, the stapler gave out and I had quite a bit of papering to do yet so we wrapped things up and tried to make the best of the rest of the night.
It was Abby's actual birthday and unfortunately it wasn't much fun for her. Jay bought her a glo necklace at the video store and while we were waiting for our food in the drive thru at Hardees she bit through it and started freaking out. I don't know who freaked more...Jay or Abby, but her mouth was glowing green like an alien. It was kind of funny. Fortunately, its non-toxic so I think the worst of it was the taste. After picking up a new stapler and getting the food we were pretty much done for the evening. Too much excitement I guess.
Sunday morning brought nothing but more frustration and anger. The day started with the NEW stapler being non-functional and Sears not opening until 11am. I then got ready to start on the other soffit and went to move the ladder and forgot the hammer was on top of it and it fell down and hit me in the mouth. Blood and loose teeth ensued. Andy and I worked on the soffit, while Jay worked on the end panels. At 11am I went to Sears to exchange the stapler...not even going to comment on the stupidity of the guy at the register. Came home hung two and a half sheets of felt...and the stapler quit...again. Took it back and upgraded to a heavier duty style. Keep your fingers crossed. Finished the right side soffit, stepped back and noticed the left side wasn't level. Grrrrrr......
Fought with Jay. Extensively.
Wrapped things up around 3 pm to have Abby's birthday party. She had lots of fun with family and got lots of cool stuffs. Including an art desk, a movie, a possessed cat, books, a winter coat, clothes and a game. Can you say spoiled?
Monday was a wash.
I took Tuesday off and took down the left side soffit and rehung it. Hung more felt paper. And got two corners of vinyl up. (At least there is something that resembles the color of the siding attached to the garage now.) It was cold...it sucked.
Left work early on Wednesday and Tom came over to help hang the side service door. Success! I now have a locking door on the garage. One door down and one really, really BIG one to go. (Picture from phone attached)
Next step is more corners, and then hopefully the siding on at least three sides and the shed. I am still kicking around what I need to do for the overhead door frame as far as trim and such. And really not looking forward to the overhead door installation; but we are at crunch time, the rent on the storage unit is due soon and I would rather not have to pay for another month. Might try to bug out of work early again today and see if I can get anything more done.
There is a stomach flu going around and I am hoping and praying it doesn't hit us, we can't afford the down time.
I will try and keep you posted and get some pics up and soon as possible. Have a great day. 10月24日 Little Progress...We have had little progress the last ten days. This past weekend we were saddened to hear of the passing of Jenjo's dad. That kind of slowed things down a bit. On Saturday, we did a little bit in the afternoon and on Sunday we knocked out a bit as well. Jay made a good dent in the shed roof on Monday afternoon...so there is that. Then for two days...nothing. Rain on Thursday and Friday. Hopefully we can make some serious progress at least one day this weekend; I would really love to get the stuff out of storage before another month's rent is due. All that is left is the siding and the two doors...everyone keeps telling us the siding will be a piece of cake; but I am more stressed about that part than I was any of the construction.
Tomorrow is Abby's birthday...I don't know where the last three years went, or for that matter, when she got the personality of a 13 year old...they grow up way too fast. Sorry for the lack of progress and posts. 10月17日 He came, he saw, he....Said everything looked pretty good. He made a couple of suggestions; one being tieing the front and back walls together via the trusses to prevent bowing out. The other was in regard to some kind of protection under the vinyl siding...and we agreed that 15# felt paper on the corners, bottom run, and around the doors and windows would help protect the OSB from seepage at those joints. Otherwise, all looks good...we call for a final inspection once everything is complete. My code enforcement officer called back and said she spoke with the inspector and he gave her a good report, so if we need it an extension will not be a problem.
The store called yesterday to let me know the siding had arrived...almost two weeks ahead of the estimated delivery date...so I will be picking that up today; along with several odds and ends to try and finish this up and get our stuff out of storage. Hopefully, I will have more pictures early next week.
Have a great weekend. 10月15日 Inspector.......Comes today at 2:00pm. Will try and update tomorrow with the verdict.
Have a good one! 10月14日 Busy Three Day WeekendWe started the truss installation Saturday morning around 10 am. It seemed daunting at first; but within a few minutes we were pretty comfortable with the process. Tom, Bob, Andy and Jay did the bulk of the installation.
Then it was on to sheeting...
On Sunday, we finished the other side of sheeting, hung the facia boards and papered the roof:
Monday was a federal holiday and the boys were home. Jay ended up not working so we were able to get the entire thing shingled (except for the ridge cap...still need to get the three tab shingles for that.) And now we are rain proof:
My next step is the roof of the shed. I have it all sheeted, and the window is in...just need to set the rafters, sheet and shingle it.
Both doors need to be hung (the cement needs to be ground down near the service door entry way), the soffit needs to be framed in, a door will need to be fabricated for the shed and then finally the vinyl siding (when it arrives) will get put on. I think we have been making pretty good time; seeing that we have little to no experience with this type of stuff and are winging things as we go. I am planning on calling the inspector today and see when he wants to stop by and take a look. We are still about two weeks away from the follow up hearing with the city so all seems on track.
Have a great day! 10月6日 This Past Weekend...So it was another weekend loaded with things to do. On Friday, we got the trailer; and Austin, Dad and I loaded up to tailer's full and took it to the local landfill. We managed to get about 2/3 of the debris hauled off. So that made me feel alot better. I still have a bunch of the old dutchlap siding from the original and some other junk boards (that I forgot to take Friday) that need to be cleared out, as well as, whatever scrap we will have from the new construction. I don't want a pile of even one left over board if possible.
Saturday, we got started around nine or so and Tom, Bob and I (the boys were with their dad and Mom took Abby) hung the header and started sheeting. Jay had class; but got there around three to work. My friend Brittney and her husband were kind enough to bring us food. Yum! And just in the nick of time...we were running out of steam. By seven that night we were looking like this:
On Sunday, we had a much lighter crew and the addtional assistance of Abby so our progress was somewhat reduced; but we still managed to put a dent in the attached shed.
Progress is moving in the right direction. If we can hit a little each night this week, we should be able to get the shed sheeted and possibly even roofed (but that will be harder, since I don't know anything about roofing angles and such.) I am hoping to schedule the truss delivery for Friday and if the weather cooperates, then set those the coming weekend. Might have a line on an electrician, and I have a friend that will help with patching up the inside edges of the floor with some kind of concrete fill. Still a few weeks off from completion; but at least it looks like a garage and the materials aren't just sitting in a pile rotting.
Have a great day! 10月2日 Phase IIIMade some progress with the much appreciated assistance of a good friend from work. None of us have much in the way of experience; but we were able to accomplish this:
I am expecting a trailer today and will be loading the debris for a trip to the dump. We have the header assembled and will set that this weekend sometime. My goal is to get the sides sheathed and the windows and entry door set before the trusses arrive. I am also going to build an attached shed on the back of the garage (the cost was nominal) and we might try to frame that this weekend if the weather cooperates.
On other house related news...the gutters were installed on the front and rear of the house on Monday...so we should be experiencing a six month drought now. At least I can mark that one off the list. Still need to get up on the roof and take a look at that leak; but I think I am making forward progress on several fronts right now. I know this was against the advice of lot of people; but we own a lot of stuff that can't just sit out and takes up quite a bit of space. The storage unit I have now runs $78 a month and only about 1/2 of our belongings are in there (and those are the ones that probably shouldn't be in a storage unit) so if you do the math on renting a unit versus building a garage-the garage makes more sense. Not to mention that there are those times when we have a need to do vehicle repairs (often under less than ideal weather conditions) so I think for us this investment will pay off.
More pictures to come...have a great day! Phase III had ordered the first chunk of building materials prior to my court date. On September 23, 2008, I went before the hearing officer to tell them about my master plan. I intended to “Repair” the garage, beyond the expectations of the original citation (because it would be a waste of time and money to not fix all the problems) because my rebuilding options were limited by ordinance. I laid out the plan for both the hearing administrator and the code enforcement officer, showed them that I had already committed to a large lumber investment and then got another shocker. “Structural” repairs require a “Repair” permit as well as inspection by building inspectors. Oh Yippee.
Dread. Fear. Nausea. My code enforcement officer tried to ease my fears and told me this would be a good thing and that I could consider it the equivalent of having a free engineer at my disposal. Um, yeah, right. She (and the administrator) immediately agreed on which inspector to recommend and she called ahead to the permit office so they would be ready for me. Now I have more people to answer to; and I was freaking.
Lisa (code enforcement) was true to her word and had called before the two minutes it took me to cross the street to the permit office. The permit lady was awesome. When I filled out my paperwork, and explained that I couldn’t tear down the garage and rebuild because the slab was too close to the house…she said she had been there and done that too. When I got to the line of the permit that was to list the scope of work; I panicked. She kindly explained how to word the summary. She provided handouts on the construction process so I would meet code.
I paid my $20 for the permit, called and left a message for my inspector (since Lisa recommended – strongly- that I have him come by BEFORE I did any work to get his input, guidance and blessing). My inspector (Scott) called the very next morning and set up an appointment with me for that afternoon. True to his word, he showed up at 2:30pm and by 3pm I had a plan.
He recommended that I salvage what wood I could and reincorporate it into a new garage face. If the structure collapsed while doing this…make certain no one was inside. He was very concerned about my safety and the potential for serious injury. So last Thursday (September 25) we did this:
Guess I really have some work to do now.
Quick Update...So, as the previous (and lengthy) post indicated, action was to be taken. This was one phase:
Note the huge limb that is no longer attached to the tree. We rented something similar to this:
It extended 50 feet and weighed 5000 pounds and was not nearly this new or nice. In fact it was downright rickety. I did not go up in it. And due to the groundwork and clean up efforts; I didn't think to get actual pictures. I will say this though....I would have given about anything for it to have a "Catapult Button" because Jay and I did nothing but fight during the set up process. We went up to the rental facility; where as an iron worker and man of extreme heights, Jay proceeded to inquire about options, features and capabilities of the units they had available. He chose a 50' towable unit that had some limited articulation capabilities and said he could get the job done with that. I was in no way going up in it so I took his word for the choice and even went so far as to skip the tutorial...HUGE mistake. The staff gave him the lowdown on set up and operation, while I got Abby buckled into her car seat. We rented the unit for three hours (the rental place is three blocks from the house, so drive time wasn't going to be a huge ding) and the clock started ticking when we pulled out of the parking lot. We get to the house and pulled up along side the fence line, as close to the tree as possible and Jay proceeds to discontect the trailer from the back of the truck so I can pull it up and out of the way. (Remember that Jay disconnected the trailer from the hitch.) We then swung the outriggers into place and began the process of setting the unit to level. There are four adjustable legs and a circle level on the deck so you can make certain that the deck is level before lifting the boom. In fact, the only instruction I heard during the tutorial was: "If the deck is not level, the system will beep at you and you will not be able to operate the booom." After many cranks of the lowering mechanisms on each leg; and many, many insults between Jay and I, we became frustrated. He accused me of not knowing how to read a level. DUDE-- its a bubble. Its not a foreign language. I know how to read a level and YOU need to keep cranking on your outrigger leg. As we would get one side cranked out, there would be a gap under the side that needed to be lower than it already was...this obviously was a problem. So, again after several verbal assaults, Jay walked off in a huff. (I think I recall him telling me that I was too difficult to work with and I called him "dumb." 8-) ) I thought maybe we were close enough to level so I decided to fire up the motor and see if it beeped at me. (Remember, I wasn't there for the how-to session; so I am flying blind with this part.) I pull start the motor and go and flip the some switches turn some keys....nothing. No beeping, no movement...nothing. I shut her down. I take a look at the outriggers again and try and figure out why they won't level... Recall at the beginning of the last paragraph how I mentioned that JAY disconnected the trailer from the hitch (while I moved the truck)? YEAH. Well, in my trouble shooting, I happen to notice that the dolly wheel for the trailer tongue is still all the way down and supporting the entire weight of the unit. In effect, creating a high point at the far end of the trailer...in effect, rendering the many turns of the cranks virtually useless. I took the pressure off the dolly wheel, reduced the height on the one back corner and WHAT DO YOU KNOW...the bubble was dead center in the deck level. Problem one - solved. Jay then decides that we can fire it up. Except he apparently missed that part of the How To; becase he asked me how to do it. Um....pull the rope? Done. Motor running. Flip the switches...nothing. Pull the boom pin. Nothing. Switch from Deck to Platform. Nothing. Again, I wasn't there for the "How to Operate the Crummy Piece of Lift Equipment" instructional. I did notice though that there were no lights on the control panel. Hmmmmm....I remembered green lights on the panel. Holy crap...there was a big power switch for the electrical. (again, I am sure this was pointed out in the "How to Operate the Crummy Piece of Lift Equipment" instructional.) I flipped the switch, we had lights, we had lift, we had rotation....the only thing I longed for was a CATAPULT button. I wanted nothing more than to fling his butt two counties away at this point. We managed to get the tree cut. My mom came over to entertain Abby and my brother swung by and helped cut it up. No one lost life limb, and by Sunday night we even had all the limbs bundled for pick up on Tuesday. I managed to get a nasty spider bite on my arm in the process; but I lived. More updates to follow.... Have a great day!
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