perlins
March 4, 2012
we put up 11 perlins today and one reciever channel. my son helped me up on the tight rope earning the name dave the brave.
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found some money
February 27, 2012
today i went to the tin shop to buy all the perlin i could. that turned out to be eleven 8"x25' perlins. three more and i can do half the roof.
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busy work
February 26, 2012
i'm waiting to get enough money to build the roof so today we went down to the house and took down the ramps. next i'll start the forms for the porch maybe.
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done
February 21, 2012
finished the brackets yesterday. moved some stuff and cut in the door that leads to the back room. it's time to put up the perlins.
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brackets
February 19, 2012
we put up 18 brackets today. i didn't think i'd get that many. we'll finish them tomarrow Lord willing. then we'll need to buy the perlins. right now i don't have the money for that.
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sore legs
January 30, 2012
last week we got the last two rafters bolted together and in place. yesterday we made bolts to bolt the rafters to the ridge pole and the top plate. today we started to bolting them down. my legs are really sore from hanging on while i drill holes and tighten bolts. i need to relax a little more while i'm up there.
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four wheeler
January 22, 2012
we got the two middle rafters bolted together and in palce plus we got the last two rafters pulled up and strapped down. the intersting thing that happened today was my older brother pulled up on his four wheeler and seen us pulling on a rope. he said what you can't tie that rope to the four wheeler. i said we sure can and we pulled the last rafter up with his honda no problem.
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two more
January 18, 2012
got two more rafters up monday but my computer broke so i had to wait till today to mention it.
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rafters
January 15, 2012
got the two rafters in place today and drug another one half way up. it rolled over just right when it got to the top plate and went over the top plate just perfectly. nothing i did God must have sent his angel. my older brother came by to check on progess because i'd asked him last night if he had seen my rafters. when he showed up he said that's all i thought you had them all up. it's supposed to rain tomarrow i hope not.
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"it looks like a house"
January 11, 2012
monday it rained cats and dogs. today after lunch we got to work on the log home. we got two rafters up. dad even came and helped. he said there's got to be a better way. i'm raising them up with block and tackel. after seeing those two rafters up my daughter said it looks like a house. after all the failure sunday i'm pretty happy.
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