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Yesterday’s field trip was amazing! I have a ton of pictures to sort through in order to make a blog post. But all fun times end and it’s back to work!
Today we finished standing trusses. Put the lookouts up. Cut truss tails, installed bird blocking. House wrapped the front gable and picked up a few more supplies for putting the metal roof on next week.
I think we made 8,000 trips up and down the ladders.
Like this week, next week will be a day short, this time for the holiday.
We finished framing the last wall and had the trusses delivered at noon.
Dean and Sheldon finished hanging all the siding while I went to pick up our windows. Got those installed. Then we started standing trusses.
We got 6 of them in place, 7 more to go on Friday then it’s roof metal time!
Kitchen side window.
Bedroom egress window.
Starting to look like a cabin now!
Tomorrow is a school field trip so we’ll be doing other things, be back on Friday for more building fun.
#aklife
#cabinlife
Today we started standing walls. Got 3 done. Tomorrow will be finishing framing and sheeting then trusses will be delivered at noon.
Let me just brag a little on the beautiful weather we’ve had the last two days. So nice. Alaska tan coming my way, right before the rain. ☔
#buildalaska
#cabinlife
August 31, 1951 a little boy was born in Michigan. Today would have been his 70th birthday. Blessed memory.
Started the day off with getting our electric service hooked up. Dean worked on sizing joists while I set up our rain shelter and hooked up our temp power outlets.
The mill broke down so Sheldon showed up on the job site to give us a hand. We sailed through setting the floor system and in no time the sheeting was down and BAM!
Tomorrow is walls! Woohoo!
#shebuildsit
#cabin
Alaska on my mind... 