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well, for those of you who don't know I moved last August. I paid for the new place and had enough to put up a shop and garage. County regs being what they are I had to build two buildings to get what I needed. I drew the plans up, got them approved and set about finding someone to put in the foundations. (I can do a lot of things but at 60+ and still recovering from my second back surgery I figured I would pay to have them put in right)
It was the middle of October before they got the foundations in - nothing happens fast in a small town but once they started it only took a couple of weeks and they did a superb job. I had to wait until the first part of March for the weather to warm enough to start actual construction. I had a bill of materials completed for the first building and got bids from the three places near me and selected the local business to get my supplies. They delivered the materials and My brother and I started building the shop. We got the walls up, plumb and square and sheathed them about a week ahead of schedule so we had to wait a week to get the trusses. My brother-in-law called and told me he was coming over to help and was bringing some scaffolding and ladders so I knew we were set.
To make this story shorter - the three of us got the trusses up, squared and plumbed them and got the sheathing put on without a hitch - my back has been feeling great - no problems. Then last week my brother and I were putting up the facia and gable trim when the ladder I was on started to wobble. I jerked hard one way to keep the ladder under me and strained my back. Last Monday I went to the doctor because of the pain and muscle spasms in my lower back and have been put on "light duty" and no ladders for the next month. I got a call from a woman That lived with me for 10 years (I helped raise her kids and they consider me their dad) and she told me that she and her son were comingover to help. My brother-in-law is also coming over with his scaffolding again. My brother and I (I get to be the gofor) are getting the roofing put on the shop and I ordered the supplies and trusses for the garage today. With any luck we will have the walls up on the garage by Thursday and the trusses will be delivered on Friday. By the end of Saturday it will be sheathed and roofed. The only thing after that will be finishing the siding on the exterior. Once the exterior is done I can start wiring both, get them inspected and then finish the interiors. It looks like I am going to get it done before this October - when the permit expires.
It was the middle of October before they got the foundations in - nothing happens fast in a small town but once they started it only took a couple of weeks and they did a superb job. I had to wait until the first part of March for the weather to warm enough to start actual construction. I had a bill of materials completed for the first building and got bids from the three places near me and selected the local business to get my supplies. They delivered the materials and My brother and I started building the shop. We got the walls up, plumb and square and sheathed them about a week ahead of schedule so we had to wait a week to get the trusses. My brother-in-law called and told me he was coming over to help and was bringing some scaffolding and ladders so I knew we were set.
To make this story shorter - the three of us got the trusses up, squared and plumbed them and got the sheathing put on without a hitch - my back has been feeling great - no problems. Then last week my brother and I were putting up the facia and gable trim when the ladder I was on started to wobble. I jerked hard one way to keep the ladder under me and strained my back. Last Monday I went to the doctor because of the pain and muscle spasms in my lower back and have been put on "light duty" and no ladders for the next month. I got a call from a woman That lived with me for 10 years (I helped raise her kids and they consider me their dad) and she told me that she and her son were comingover to help. My brother-in-law is also coming over with his scaffolding again. My brother and I (I get to be the gofor) are getting the roofing put on the shop and I ordered the supplies and trusses for the garage today. With any luck we will have the walls up on the garage by Thursday and the trusses will be delivered on Friday. By the end of Saturday it will be sheathed and roofed. The only thing after that will be finishing the siding on the exterior. Once the exterior is done I can start wiring both, get them inspected and then finish the interiors. It looks like I am going to get it done before this October - when the permit expires.
