Finally time to pull the trigger . . . starting on the New (much anticipated) SHOP - Build

[conv67bdere]

One Solid week of rain here - slowing down my progress . . . but still trying to move forward . . .

Had an entire week of rain, and the plastic on the shop held up very well and did good keeping it dry.
Had to fight with a couple areas leaking, but they were on the other lean-to and not a big deal
( not a big deal because it had concrete under it and not much that it could damage . . . )

This was actually done during a light rain, as I was under cover and could get the work done . . .
Added the needed blocking above the walls for the upstairs . . . ( ooops, missed one . . . duh ! )

This was quite disconcerting . . . after weeks of trying to keep plastic covering the building, started to remove it . . .
Time to start adding purlins and "hopefully" get some metal roofing installed this weekend . . .

Had this section for the overhang that was missing the rafter extensions . . . and needed to get it corrected . . .

There . . . much better . . . time to continue with the addition of the purlins . . .

Still feels "odd" removing this plastic . . . but that's the only way to make this work . . .

Got a couple days in a row with no rain in the forecast and temps no too bad . . . so the plan is to try and get
some of the metal roofing in place this weekend . . .

Hopefully . . . things go well this weekend . . .

More Later . . .

 

[conv67bdere]

It's amazing amount of pre-work required to get the work done . . .sheeesh ! ! !

Wow . . . thought that most of this roof could get done this weekend . . . but . . .
All of the stuff that needs to get done before the metal can go up is staggering . . .
- all of the plastic need to be removed ( did it a section at a time . . . ugh ! )
- all of the purlins need to get installed - assure 16" on center for the rafters . . .
- blocking needs to be filled in between the purlins on the front ( and back ) walls . . .
- get the radiant barrier set in place . . .
- then . . . the metal can go up ! ! !

And all this while climbing up and down ladders and balancing on purlins and joists . . .
( doesn't get much "funner" that that . . . )

Getting a section of the purlins in place . . .

Getting the radiant barrier set in place and secured . . .

The first piece of metal is the hardest part . . . getting it right is so important to having it all line up straight . . .

Then they go up a bit faster . . . until you run out of installed purlins to attach them to . . . and have to add more . . .

The end of the weekend . . . got 8 of 18 panels installed ( the last 2 will not be able to be done yet )
so . . . we're just about the half way point now . . .

Like I needed another project to work on and tinker with . . .

Been wanting to check out solar for quite a while . . . Finally pulled the trigger . . .

Found a solar setup for sale on CL and finally got this to allow me to tinker and figure this thing out . . .
- was told both batteries were fully charged ( wrong )
- one battery would not give a reading
- one battery would only show 11.6 volts ( this is NOT good )
- was told it's fully functional ( wrong )

Got it all set up and starting diving into it . . .

The battery that would not show any charge . . . hooked it up to a smart trickle charger for 3 days . . .
and . . . the battery came back and registered 13 volts . . . ( call that a "win" . . . )

So then what I did next was pretty interesting . . .

Hooked the "good" 13 volt battery up to the panels and it was holding at 13 volts . . .
- then plugged the smart trickle charger into the inverter that was tied to the good battery . . .
- charging the "questionable" battery with the smart charger using the solar collected energy ! ! !

While this was going on the good battery was holding a 12.5 volt charge while charging the other battery

Later in the day I shut down the trickle charger, and the battery charged back to 12.7 volts . . .
- guess I needed to shut it off a little bit sooner - but the sun tomorrow should get it back to 13 volts ( I hope )

Rough weekend for the inspector . . . wore him OUT ! ! !

He had a load of fun running around the property . . .

Another forecast with rain Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday . . . UGH ! ! !

More Later . . .

 

[Nxcoupe]

It's amazing amount of pre-work required to get the work done . . .sheeesh ! ! !

Wow . . . thought that most of this roof could get done this weekend . . . but . . .
All of the stuff that needs to get done before the metal can go up is staggering . . .
- all of the plastic need to be removed ( did it a section at a time . . . ugh ! )
- all of the purlins need to get installed - assure 16" on center for the rafters . . .
- blocking needs to be filled in between the purlins on the front ( and back ) walls . . .
- get the radiant barrier set in place . . .
- then . . . the metal can go up ! ! !

And all this while climbing up and down ladders and balancing on purlins and joists . . .
( doesn't get much "funner" that that . . . )

Getting a section of the purlins in place . . .

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Getting the radiant barrier set in place and secured . . .

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The first piece of metal is the hardest part . . . getting it right is so important to having it all line up tight . . .

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Then they go up a bit faster . . . until you run out of installed purlins to attach them to . . . and have to add more . . .

View attachment 1603929

The end of the weekend . . . got 8 of 18 panels installed ( the last 2 will not be able to be done yet )
so . . . we're just about the half way point now . . .

View attachment 1603930

Like I needed another project to work on and tinker with . . .

Been wanting to check out solar for quite a while . . . Finally pulled the trigger . . .

Found a solar setup for sale on CL and finally got this to allow me to tinker and figure this thing out . . .
- was told both batteries were fully charged ( wrong )
- one battery would not give a reading
- one battery would only show 11.6 volts ( this is NOT good )
- was told it's fully functional ( wrong )

Got it all set up and starting diving into it . . .

View attachment 1603931

The battery that would not show any charge . . . hooked it up to a smart trickle charger for 3 days . . .
and . . . the battery came back and registered 13 volts . . . ( call that a "win" . . . )

View attachment 1603932

So then what I did next was pretty interesting . . .

Hooked the "good" 13 volt battery up to the panels and it was holding at 13 volts . . .
- then plugged the smart trickle charger into the inverter that was tied to the good battery . . .
- charging the "questionable" battery with the smart charger using the solar collected energy ! ! !

While this was going on the good battery was holding a 12.5 volt charge while charging the other battery

View attachment 1603933

Later in the day I shut down the trickle charger, and the battery charged back to 12.7 volts . . .
- guess I needed to shut it off a little bit sooner - but the sun tomorrow should get it back to 13 volts ( I hope )

View attachment 1603947

Rough weekend for the inspector . . . wore him OUT ! ! !

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He had a load of fun running around the property . . .

Another forecast with rain Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday . . . UGH ! ! !

More Later . . .

Looking great so far. I'm picking up tips for my project as I read along on yours

 

[Olwhite63]

Wellness check on Larry

Posts often and I follow this thread intently...

 

[conv67bdere]

Alright . . . Thanks for checking . . . I'm back . . . kinda . . . ( been a bad 2 weeks )

Whew . . . SO nice to have people that wonder and ask about you . . . been a bad 2 weeks.
Got a head cold, that went to a nasty sinus infection . . . Urgent Care prescribed sub par antibiotics.
Needless to say, my Primary Care PA was NOT HAPPY - after 10 days, I'm back on another 10 days !

UGH ! ! !

2 weeks ago I got to this point . . . and have been unable to post . . . so time to get caught up . . .
Got started working on the other side metal roofing . . . peeling off the plastic I work so hard to keep ON !

That night, was able to get 12' of radiant barrier and 12' of metal roofing panels installed . . . yup, it's dark !

OSHA approved . . . had to fix up some plastic that did not want to stay put . . . but the 12' ladder didn't reach
So . . . bring in the big guns . . . ( ok a little lift ) . . . and I was able to get the job done . . .

Don't think I've ever got nor shared a picture like this . . . so it was time to share it . . .

Last weekend, while still getting "better" and not being able to work on the shop for 2 weeks, was going CRAZY !
So, busted out the mixer, mixed up some masonry cement an got started on this rear wall . . . it needs to get done.

Then, this past Monday, come home to work to find this . . . 1/4 of the building plastic was blown off . . . ARGH !

Then this morning, after the rain finally cleared out . . . guess what . . . was taking all the stuff that was blown off
and reinstalled - back off the roof to get started on it . . . ( GO FIGURE )

Getting the first 12' section of radiant barrier up and in place . . . after removing the plastic . . .
Oh . . . and getting the transitions in place too . . . ( can't forget that step )

Fill in that 12' of radiant barrier with 12' of metal roofing . . . rinse and repeat . . . .

The next 12' section of radiant barrier is now in place . . . for tomorrow . . . That'll be another day . . .
First day in 2 weeks I even felt like working, and still not 100% . . . so it wore my arse out . . . but feels good !

On top of that . . . been working on my computer for that past 2 days . . . the SSD Hard Drive that I had for my C-drive
( the one that the computer boots from ) decided to bite the bullet . . . and THAT does NOT happen very often !

So right now, I've got a "temporary" SATA drive in the C-drive slot so I can make this update . . . tomorrow, it will
be replaced with another SSD Hard drive . . . and it'll be back to "normal" . . . and fully functional !

Still got 2-3 days of antibiotics to run through . . . but finally feeling like I'm not drowning . . .

More Later . . .

 

[5.7 hemi]

Get well soon!

 

[conv67bdere]

Feeling better- trying to keep progress moving - and fighting with rain ( as always )

Finally starting to feel better and get BACK into working on the shop - slowly . . . getting there . . .
2 weeks being sick sucks - Sure did not need it now.

Where this was left off, needed to get the next 12' of metal roofing installed on this side of the shop . . . Done.

Finally got around to making the LAST truss that is needed for the upstairs - because I messed up and was short.

Getting the truss upstairs . . . not that difficult . . . just climb it up the ladder . . .

So I'm checking on the inspector . . . and he's plumb wore out already and relaxing . . . LOL

Got a bit of a mess upstairs, and it really needed a bit of cleanup . . . so that got taken care of.

You think Obie is smart . . . he's actually very smart ! Well this lizard was upstairs in the shop . . . why . . .
Because Obie can't get up here and find him ! ! !

Trying to build up my stamina and get back into the swing of things . . . and with rain the next day, did NOT want
to pull plastic off and have to put it back on . . . so I decided to tackle the end wall . . . all but the last 1/2 sheet
is now done . . . but the yellow is so ugly . . .

There you go . . . so much better . . .

With the rain slated for all day, not much going to get done outside on the shop . . . so what about inside out of
the rain ? ? ? You can see in this picture that I'm working on priming all the studs ( some have mold, and this will
encapsulate the mold and protect the wood too ) And getting the hurricane brackets on the lower side of the walls.
You can see how ugly the weather is that I dealt with all day - nice to be inside and dry !

Had my youngest daughter show up today and help with the staining while I was installing Hurricane brackets.
Made some good progress from my initial start . . . and both of our efforts got us to the 2/3 done region ! !
Boy - does that look really nice ! ! ! ( just saw 1 top board was missed - need to fix that )

No rain in the forecast for tomorrow . . . or for a couple days, plus daylight saving time starts, so I'll have an
extra hour of daylight to get some stuff done . . . not sure what's on the schedule for tomorrow yet, but will be
getting something done . . .

More Later . . .

 

[Olwhite63]

Glad you're feeling better - love to follow this thread

 

[conv67bdere]

Accomplished on Sunday and so far this week . . . and plans for the rest of the week . . .

Got some stuff done on Sunday, but the weather was still quite cool . . . Here's the update . . .

First of all - the priming of the wall . . . got most of it done, the not done ones need some work on the walls.
The edges of the concrete board is right at the edge of the studs ( bad layout on guess who's part ) . . .
Everything can be fixed . . . just takes a little longer this way . . . ( sigh )
The end block wall needs some block added to it . . . yet . . .

Perfect day to work on that and get it completed . . . and filled with concrete - of course I was short ! ! !
Had to get 2 more 80# bags to get it completed . . . on Monday . . .

Here I thought he was hunting lizards . . . he caught this big ole mouse and was "playing" with it . . .

Installation of the hurricane brackets on the top side of this lean-to is getting done . . .

Got the rest of the wall completed and the missing holes filled with concrete ( and anchor bolts if needed )

Like to periodically check how this thing is doing as far as level . . . guess I can't complain too much . . .

Get the pressure treated sill plate installed on the wall and temporarily bolted in place to capture the foam . . .

New recent purchase of the shop . . . a stomp shear - been looking for one of these and stumbled on this one
Believe it or not - it was only 10 minutes from my house right here in Concord ! ! ! Can't beat that ! ! !

And also this bender . . . guy was retiring and selling his equipment, but this can only bend to 1 1/4 . . .
But it can bend bar and straps . . . could still be very useful in the shop . . . time will tell . . .
The machine is stout, build like a brick sh*t house, and heavy . . . looking forward to learning what it can do !

Added a 12V LED light into the "moved" shop . . . and was amazed at how well just 1 light worked in the shop
Got 8 of these to put in here . . . might not need them all . . . but I've got them just in case . . . work great ! !

That does it for where the project currently stands . . . so now what is in store for the rest of the week . . .

Of course, forecast is for RAIN on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday ( the days that I can work on the shop . . . sheesh)
SO . . . I'm taking the next (2) days off, the temps will be in the 70's, and I think even 80 on Thursday . . . so that
I can work on getting some metal roofing installed on the top roof of the shop . . . will NOT cover up the open shop
until Thursday night or maybe Friday morning . . . depending on the weather and how far I get . . .

HOPE is that I might be able to get at least 1/2 of this roof completed and protected from the rain coming this weekend !

Should be a very busy and interesting 2 days . . . maybe 3 . . . rain is for Friday night . . . keeping an eye on it.

More Later . . .

 

[66 Cornpicker]

Man that bender is robust ! Is that a DiAcro brand ? Any tags on it ? I remember something like that made right here in Cleveland Oh. back in the day ! Nice score and great looking shop !

 

[conv67bdere]

Wellness check on Larry

Posts often and I follow this thread intently...

Wow . . . sure was nice to see that people are following and concerned on my health . . . that's awesome !

Get well soon!

Thanks 5.7 Hemi . . . I'm doing just that and right in the middle of a "big" push . . . let's see how I do . . .

Glad you're feeling better - love to follow this thread

So cool that you're following the thread . . . nice to know that people are interested in this build . . .

Man that bender is robust ! Is that a DiAcro brand ? Any tags on it ? I remember something like that made right here in Cleveland Oh. back in the day ! Nice score and great looking shop !

Yes it is a DiAcro bender . . . problem is that it'll only bend ( so they say ) up to 1 1/4 tube . . .
Anything for a car - Jeep would probably be 1 1/2 - 2 1/2 . . . but it should help in other areas too.

 

[PRND21]

There’s probably a half dozen people on here that would be helping you on your building if you lived closer. Me included. Good luck, stay healthy. I lost a couple of weeks last summer on a remodel project due to a ruptured disc problem. Really sucks, you try to make up for lost time, HA!

 

[66 Cornpicker]

Yes, the DiAcro bender is not really for tubing like for roll cage but for everything else ! That is a great piece of tooling, where did you get it ? They also made a punch & die that looks similar that we had at work.

 

[kiwigtx]

There’s probably a half dozen people on here that would be helping you on your building if you lived closer.

I'd be there in a flash given the chance to help out.

Great progress Larry.

 

[conv67bdere]

Big push before the rain - as always, a load of prep work needs to get done first . . .

As always, the amount of prep-work that needs to get done first is always amazing . . . here we go . . .

Really odd . . . to be removing the plastic cover from the shop that I fought so hard to keep it on and dry !
But . . . it's a necessary evil to get to the next part . . .

Have to share this with you - it's been up for a while ( had a leak between 2 sheets that I could not fix )
So my alternative was . . . to build a plastic "catch basin" that was then drained into a "trough" . . .
The trough was set up to be angled downhill and make the water exit the front of the shop - removing it . . .

The next REALLY big obstacle was that all of the materials for the roof - were ( guess where ) - downstairs ! !
That would have been NO FUN having to climb up the ladder for each panel ( like I've done in the past )
BUT . . . this is the first time working on the upstairs . . . so this had to be remedied . . .

The 1x6 poplar boards were not too big of a deal . . . got them up to the upstairs pretty quickly . . .

The metal panels were a complete other story . . . but they were gotten upstairs - FINALLY !
This will make the job go a whole lot faster and hopefully save my knees a bit more too !

Next on the agenda, was getting all of the purlins in place . . . well . . . not all of them . . . had to do guesswork
Remove "enough" plastic to get the purlins down, but not too much that would be out of reach . . .
But with 16' boards - it meant having to remove a whole bunch of the plastic anyways . . . but not ALL of it.

As the purlins are installed, it was a pretty cool picture to see it finally moving toward getting a roof ! ! !
But then I noticed that the fronts of the top boards, added after the first stain, were not done ! ! ! Argh ! ! !

That was a really easy fix . . . and got that knocked out pretty quickly . . .

This is the radar for Friday . . . Concord is right in the middle of the big yellow dot to the left of the N.C. on the map
( sucks having to cover it all back up - but 3 days of rain . . . didn't want the flooring getting all that water )

Passing the radiant barrier and the metal panel up to the top side were dine similar to the walls - but through the roof

So now is the BIG question . . . How far did I get in this project . . . Guesses ! ! !

seems like every time I thought I was making good time, I hit a little snag . . .
- needed another 10' section of transition installed
- the next panel could not go in because more purlins were needed to be installed ( they were staggered for strength )
- plastic was in the way for the next 16' purlin . . . it needed to be moved . . .

This was the Wednesday work ( or pre-work ) how far did the roofing install get on Thursday - before covering it up again

More Later . . .

 

[conv67bdere]

Weathermen . . . How can they still have a job . . . is beyond me . . .

WOW . . . the forecast for rain Friday, Saturday, and Sunday . . . has now been changed . . .
To only rain on Friday . . . REALLY . . . Good news, more time to work on the roof ! ! !

So Thursdays efforts were not pre-work, but actually getting some roof panels up on the building . . .
( and some more pre-work to boot ) . . . This is the first panel going up on one side of the building . . .
Whoooohooo ! ! ! !

A view from the top with the first (2) panels in place . . .
Note the green metal in the lower right, to the right of the wood purlin . . . that is a transition . . .

This appears to be the bottom side view of the shop with probably 3-4 panels in place . . .

Time to move the focus to the other side of the building and attempt to get some of them installed too . . .

Near the end of the day . . . had 6 panels on the first side that was started . . . With 18 total, that's 1/3 of the way . . .
Got as far as possible with the purlins that were in place, and the transitions that were installed . . .
Pretty happy with the 1/3 progress - although I was actually hoping for 1/2 way . . .

The second side was falling a bit behind in the panel installation . . . at the end of the day it only had 3 panels . . .

With the 3 panels in place, it was "close" enough to add the ridge-cap - and it was needed to keep rain out ! ! !
It currently has only 4 screws in it because all of the closures still need to be installed for the ridge cap . . .

Then a BIG problem was discovered . . . Did not have enough closures to get this project done ! ! Had I not seen
this, would not have been able to get any more roofing done - so a trip to the metal roofing place to get MORE ! ! !

Took a big gamble . . . the rain was not supposed to start until 11 - 12 . . . so part of the roof was left uncovered . . .

Got up Friday morning and got the other (3) panels installed so that BOTH sides were now at 6 panels ! ! !
Got the last of the panels up, got the remainder of the top all sealed - and shortly after the rain started . . .
It came down pretty good and steady for most of the day - that's when I went to the metal roof place . . .
( and after the re-cover had a little bit of tweaking for several tiny leaks . . . but it was really very sound )

Both sides - upstairs are now 1/3 completed . . . and the top is covered for the rain . . . Bring it on ! ! !

Since the weather for the weekend has now changed . . . ( for the better for me ) . . . got 2 more days of work ! !

Of course . . . that means pulling all the plastic ( that was just reinstalled ) back off the roof again . . . ARGH ! ! !

More Later . . .

 

[oldbee]

Weathermen . . . How can they still have a job . . . is beyond me . . .

WOW . . . the forecast for rain Friday, Saturday, and Sunday . . . has now been changed . . .
To only rain on Friday . . . REALLY . . . Good news, more time to work on the roof ! ! !

So Thursdays efforts were not pre-work, but actually getting some roof panels up on the building . . .
( and some more pre-work to boot ) . . . This is the first panel going up on one side of the building . . .
Whoooohooo ! ! ! !

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A view from the top with the first (2) panels in place . . .
Note the green metal in the lower right, to the right of the wood purlin . . . that is a transition . . .

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This appears to be the bottom side view of the shop with probably 3-4 panels in place . . .

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Time to move the focus to the other side of the building and attempt to get some of them installed too . . .

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Near the end of the day . . . had 6 panels on the first side that was started . . . With 18 total, that's 1/3 of the way . . .
Got as far as possible with the purlins that were in place, and the transitions that were installed . . .
Pretty happy with the 1/3 progress - although I was actually hoping for 1/2 way . . .

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The second side was falling a bit behind in the panel installation . . . at the end of the day it only had 3 panels . . .

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With the 3 panels in place, it was "close" enough to add the ridge-cap - and it was needed to keep rain out ! ! !
It currently has only 4 screws in it because all of the closures still need to be installed for the ridge cap . . .

Then a BIG problem was discovered . . . Did not have enough closures to get this project done ! ! Had I not seen
this, would not have been able to get any more roofing done - so a trip to the metal roofing place to get MORE ! ! !

Took a big gamble . . . the rain was not supposed to start until 11 - 12 . . . so part of the roof was left uncovered . . .

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Got up Friday morning and got the other (3) panels installed so that BOTH sides were now at 6 panels ! ! !
Got the last of the panels up, got the remainder of the top all sealed - and shortly after the rain started . . .
It came down pretty good and steady for most of the day - that's when I went to the metal roof place . . .
( and after the re-cover had a little bit of tweaking for several tiny leaks . . . but it was really very sound )

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Both sides - upstairs are now 1/3 completed . . . and the top is covered for the rain . . . Bring it on ! ! !

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Since the weather for the weekend has now changed . . . ( for the better for me ) . . . got 2 more days of work ! !

Of course . . . that means pulling all the plastic ( that was just reinstalled ) back off the roof again . . . ARGH ! ! !

More Later . . .

You knew there would be leaks!!!! Just the way it always happens. Jeff

 

[conv67bdere]

No rain in the forecast for Saturday and Sunday . . . Rigggggght . . . . Sheeeesh . . .

Luckily, the rain for the whole weekend changed to only rain on Friday . . .

Which gives me (2) more days of work on the shop ! ! ! Here's the results . . .

Not too sure whos most excited about the new shop, me or the geckos . . . this little guy has found his way to the TOP !

Wanted to be able to work on both top parts of the shop - which means this side needed another transition . . .
Here's what needed to be done to allow me to get to adding that transition on the top section . . .

First - you may not believe this . . . but follow along with me on this process . . .
Needed to add another section of board to the double top beam - so that I could get the "last" truss installed
- got this picture after adding the double 2x6 and getting the last truss installed . . .

Side note - as I got started on this . . . is started to rain, and I had to race to get things covered up. It rained for
about 2-3 hours and then cleared up . . . no rain for Saturday and Sunday . . . ARGH ! ! !
Messed up my WHOLE Sunday morning progress on this roofing . . . back to your original story now . . .

So after that got done - the last truss got installed . . . why was this needed . . .
Because it had to have purlins added to it to add the bottom transition . . . so the side panels could be installed . . .
Keep following along . . . this has not gotten sidetracked yet . . .

Now that the truss is in place, the remainder of the purlins can now be added to the side of the building . . .

After that - adding the radiant barrier, and the bottom transition - so that the side panels could be added . . .

Finally, got all of the side panels ( that could be added ) installed on the building . . .

That's a whole lot more roofing that just got completed . . . and guess what . . . \

NOW I can add the top transition so that the top panels can be added . . . told you it didn't get sidetracked . . .

Got some additional roof panels on the other side of the building - and it now only has about 12' left needing panels . . .

Got a new visitor on the property . . . this is an Eastern Box Turtle . . . and yes he is that bright orange ! ! !
He's been hanging out around the shop now for a couple days . . . pretty cool ! ! !

So how did the progress fair for this whole weekend . . .
- one side has almost 40' done
- the other side has about 30' done
- the last roof truss is now in place
- the side of the building got more completed - too

All in all - even fighting with the rain - it was a pretty successful weekend . . . I'm wore slam out . . .

More Later . . .

 

[PRND21]

Yer gittin it done Larry! What are you using to seal between the transitions and your roof panels?

 

[conv67bdere]

Project Mad Scientist - Roofing status . . . and dealing with the rain . . . Oh boy ! ! !

This was a pretty good week as far as progress goes . . . sure can't complain . . .

Once again . . . removing the plastic was not easy as there was always a possibility of more rain in the next day or two

But, it's the only way to get to the end goal . . . here the end of the shop is mostly stripped . . .
- 4 bays on the left - 8 bays on the right - remaining . . .

At the end of my effort . . . there is only 1 bay left on the left - plus it's overhang . . .

And only 2 bays left on the right - plus it's overhang - finished up 2 sheets Friday morning before the rain hit.
And the top ridge cap was not put in place - but covered with strips of tarps to keep the rain out ( kinda )

During the rain, the primer was pulled out and the process of priming the trusses has begun - to protect the wood.

Today was the first day ( in a very long time ) where I did not climb up in the loft and work on roofing
Every panel that can be put in place is now in place - got to get the back wall done now to get it all completed.

So - time to start on the back wall . . . ( feel s so odd not working on roofing ) . . .

By the end of the day . . . look at the sky outside . . . got the wall lifted into place and bolted down . . .
Got the tarp on the outside put back in place to help with the winds . . . wasn't sure I could get this far
But . . . it's now in place and I've got some work to get this and the overhang above it finished up . . .
Then . . . back on the roof - pull the last 2 metal panels - finish up the trim stuff - and put the panels back in place.

@PRND21 - you asked about what was being used to seal between the transitions and roof panels . . .
The roofing company sells these "closures" to put in the gaps and keep the critters out . . .
These are the "vented" form . . . but they also sell non-vented and they are cheaper . . .

They are stuck in place on the roof panels before you put the transitions in place - about 1" back from the edge
- Hope that answers your question ( they also have them for the small holes too )

Got the roofing all done Friday morning - and the remainder of the roof sealed with plastic . . . again . . .
The ridge vent is covered with strips of tarp to try and keep the water out . . .

The way it was placed up there, it allowed for the tarps to allow the water to pool in the tarp - and leak
( depending on how bad the tarp was in that location ) Had the floor covered with plastic and it helped hold the water.

Had (3) spots where it happened . . . from the bottom pushed up on the pool area and drained the water.
Then stuck a piece of wood on the ridge beam pushing up on the tarp to make it higher in the center - no more pools.

Next step - finish the end wall, the overhang above it, and get this part of the roof DONE.

Got a cool little "trip" planned for tomorrow . . . checking out something . . .

More Later . . .