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Dude, you're gonna be enclosed in no time. It's all being out of the wind and rain and snow after that.

You are in the exterior home stretch now. It�s good to have a roof over your head.

Cleanest jobsite I have ever seen, Brettski. You two are doing a great job. If we lived closer we would be over there swinging hammers with you. Thanks for sharing.

Hopefully you are stopping often to take a good look over the lake and all you have helped create.

Nice garage. You guys really are my heros.

This project has become the highlight of my Mondays and Tuesdays (of course that could also be a commentary on my lack of a life). Dang Brettski I can't believe how much you get accomplished each weekend!

"Dang Brettski I can't believe how much you get accomplished each weekend!"

I will second that. I am looking forward to seeing what kind of vehicle will go into such a beautiful garage!

Haven't seen the Datsun name in quite a while.....

You could prolly fit about 4 of those in there, Bski.

We went thru 55 sheets of 5/8" plywood to sheath both sides of the top roof section and the shorter roof below the shed dormers. Oy!

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The rain held off only long enough to just finish taping in the seam below the shed dormer, where it meets the roof.

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Then, we dodged the raindrops and shifted gears to prepare for a new player on the team.

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We're pulling in 400 amps underground, about 2000 ft m/l (I will get the final tally very soon when the power company sends me the pre-payment invoice). Can't wait.

Whoo Hoo! No more generator!! It started raining before first light here. I was able to install the 10 windows on the back porch between the raindrops. Finally, no more visqueen for the winter!! Each window is roughly 48" x 48".

You'll have it buttoned up before winter for sure.

Why so much power? 400 amps is quite a bit of power, and with everything that you've said about energy efficiency, and the size of the home, I'm curious why the extra expense?

Eddie

It was one of those no-brainers suggested by the power company field tech that has been working with me for the past 5 years as we moved toward this point.
Since we plan to have another major structure on the building site (well off into the future), good planning would include plenty of power....just in case. We discussed 2 services at 200 amps each, but that would require 2 electric bills every month. Since I don't need to put each structure on it's own meter, he suggested just putting in one service with 400 amps. The upcharge to do so is $225 at the time of installation. After that, the monthly service fee is the same as any other 200 amp residential power feed. That's why Dski and I put in the 200 amp disconnect right next to the meter box we installed. The meter base has 2 sets of lugs: one will go thru the wall to the panel for the gar/apt, and the other set will go to the disconnect and terminate, waiting for the day that we can tap it and run it over to the next structure.
Good insurance for $225.

Finish the roof then .... ?

Not yet...
That last pic above is as far as we have gotten. We have the 4 corners to sheath and paper along with some other nippin' and tuckin'. The metal roofing is ordered and planned to be a high iron substitute for the Thanksgiving turkey.

I never liked turkey anyway.

[/quote]... waiting for the day that we can tap it and run it over to the next structure.
Good insurance for $225. [/quote]

Yes, very smart move and good planning.

Eddie

What are you going to do while you wait on the roof or next after the roof ?

install the upstairs windows, then siding.
I'm hoping the snowmobile will pull the trailer full of siding.

How many square of siding? The way this winter is starting out, I think you'll be relatively snow free 'till January.

The short days are killin' me for productivity; 10# of nails in a 5# sack. It is dark o'clock at 5:00 (at both ends of the day). We get up every day (that we stay overnight) at 5 am just to squeeze out every minute of each day.
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We got the load of metal roofing to the jobsite.

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We got all 4 corners of the lower gambrel roof sheathed and dried-in. We also filled in the small interior wall sections at all 4 corners. We are darned close to being buttoned up, save the gable peaks at both ends.

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I only had enough time for house pics after the sun goes to bed, so the camera flash was working overtime.

Oh, and btw...
The power company guru stopped by on Monday. He had his boring contractor with him, sizing up the power installation run. He sounded pretty confident that they were gonna start trenching this week. Wahoo!

Trust me, you're doing great.

I agree with Theo. Once you get power then there are no time limits - you will then be 5 lbs of nails in a 20 lb sack.

the devil's in the details...
Wow, more newfound respect. This time it's for sheet metal workers.
The easy part is laying in the metal panels. Once it's laid out squarely, we found a rhythm and rocked. Constantly moving the ladders sucked, but it's the price for admission. I really thought we would surely get both lower roof sections knocked out this weekend. Then...the trim. Man, does that go slow. Not doing this kinda stuff on a regular basis didn't help. Nip...tuck...snip...screw. Jeesh, it definitely qualifies as "right when I'm good at it, I'll be done".
Anyway, we got one lower roof section completely done and started laying in the roof panels on the opposite side when the rain arrived on Sunday. If we can get 2 decent days, we should have the other lower roof completed. Strangely, the upper roof (which is by far the most real estate) will probably go fast since it's all panels and very little custom trim cutting. Yeah....right.
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Oh yeah, we finally succumbed to selecting the dark green. It's the only color that worked for us, particularly since it was important to have it blend in with the surroundings.
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