SHOP ALONG #13: goodness gracious

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last we were here with the shop build
i had raised and nailed 4 sheets to the roof

my friend daniel was coming down to help the following sunday/monday
i got a call from another bud to go sheetrock their outhouse
and show him how to tape it
since work involving wood and mud is a thrill
i went and did that and came home with some cash to proceed here

another old friend lucy also came by from california
and proceeded to clean the living room and help get me ready for the breakfast table finish
and run the winch for the panel raising

well the weather was really bad
so i called daniel and asked him to wait till the next weekend

he showed up sunday anyway at noon while the wind was howling outside
and we raised and nailed 46 sheets of 3/4”osb t&g
(that was the storm that created 100 tornadoes recently)
we got the sheets up and nailed with just a 1′ gap at the peak both sides
which we finished off the next morning

my neighbor (buddy’s mom) called a few days later to congratulate me
she had spent the day in her house expecting her roof to blow off

the following weekend my neighbor TE came to help roll out
and nail down the underlayment plastic to actually seal the roof

till i get some metal sheets for that
the underlayment is good for 6 months before the uv rays break it down
so got some time to work towards that

during the week i did go and do another work
for another friend and came home and went to the box store
and got a door and a window

with a roll of 6mil plastic i sealed 1 other window and a door

and one downwind has a ‘curtain’ on it so i can get cross draft inside

as it could be a while before insulation comes along

the wind has been as bad as ever
and the plastic was driving me nuts flapping around
so some ‘spring boards’ to keep them taught were in order

yesterday the big door got paneled to each side
but this morning the wind was back
so i decided to panel it fully
and the other front window too
thats where the wind comes from
and working with the plastic in the wind on a high ladder
was just not cool
so solid it is there now

when the floor was flooding from the rain and snow
i don’t know why it took me a few years to just drill some holes in it
to drain the water
those and air leaks around the shop
(door window and trusses)
so i went around stuffing blanket insulation into any light leak places i could find
and cut the draft down considerably there

here is the shop today inside
and even though there is panels on the windows
i am getting good light

as i still have electric insulation paneling metal roof to do
it will be a while before i can move in completely there
first another floor needs to be added over the ‘spongy’ one
before it can hold the main tools
but i figure that it will be a good place to store the stuff
that has been clogging my existing shop
so i can work in it relatively easy again

i am enjoying the journey here
it keeps me young and healthy
and gives me something to do
besides wasting away in a chair
watching dumb things on TV

since things are at least temporarily ‘closed in’
i am going to go visit my good bud eddie
and eat some crawdads
and meet my LJ buds that can make that trip

thank you all for all the encouragement thru-out this build
it means allot to me

have a safe one
and a happy mothers day

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SHOP ALONG #13: goodness gracious