Men's Shelter IV, A Good Day's Work

 The work day started at 9:00 am and ended at 5:00. By 1:30, all the roof trusses and gable end were in place. Our picker truck operator was first class and had the touch! The 60 foot span trusses went in slick as a whistle.

 This is the first truss going into place.

I have to digress a bit here and relate an event that happened the other day. The contractor had a newbie from Grade 12, getting some work experience. Anyway, the two apprentices sent him into the construction trailer for a couple of sky hooks. This is sort of a right of passage, newbies picking on other newbies. Anyway, after a half hour in a very small trailer, he reported that he could not find any sky hooks. The laughter then started.

 The gable wall was set into position and the remaining trusses installed.

The last couple of trusses will be tied in after the fire wall is gyp-rocked and moved out to give the necessary 1 inch air gap. Part of the roof was sheathed and another work party is scheduled for 10:00 am Saturday.

Men's Shelter III

I should of taken this first picture earlier, however, I seem to have left the camera in the truck while working.

The infamous firewall is up, and the second half glued to  a sort of free standing wall of drywall. Once the glue is dry, the wall will be separated to give 1 inch of air space. Without the complexity of the firewall, the building would likely be up and ready for inside finishing. I won't go there as I only allow myself one rant per month!

 Today, we basically finished the front wall (all 60 feet) and it should be lifted into place tomorrow along with the roof trusses. I plan on taking a day off to play catch up on the acreage. The contractor crew and picker operator can do the heavy lifting part.

Men's Shelter II

 It's coming along. This is 1/2 of the fire wall between the shelter and the church ready for insulation and dry walling.

 Here is the first half of the fire wall almost completed. It needs 2 layers of 5/8 inch drywall per side. 12 foot panels are real heavy.

Hopefully the second wall of the fire wall will go up at 9 am tomorrow. It gets dropped down 4 feet into the crawl space, then glued to the layer of dry wall then moved out to give 1 inch of air space between the walls. The contractor figures on 15 people to lift and slide into position. The design is such that it will give a 2 hour fire protection. Hopefully, that will never be used! Ideally (in my opinion) it would be paneled on the ground and then lifted, but the 60 foot span is too flimsy to allow that to happen. Who am I to argue with the experts. In the mean time, at 09:00 early, we will do it the hard way.