Can't talk, turkey coma...

Still not done, but I keep getting closer ... I was able to finish the ladders for the overhangs, and the gable framing(not shown) in no time, with the new nailer. The soffit finish work is done as well, but it was too dark to take pictures.
My elbow finally gave out...
Butane operated framing nailer: Ironically I need a "cordless" nailer because I need to finish the this shed to make room for the compressor in the garage :-O

Well, between rain, snow, and my mistakes, I actually didn't get much done this week, but I should get more done this weekend. Oh... and I didn't beat the snow.

The most time consuming mistake that I made was trying to save on plywood by lowering it an inch and a half. This way I had exactly 2' and could use the other half on the other wall. The problem is that I had already cut the rafters to fit the 2x4 walls (without sheathing). So I had to cut small pockets in the sheathing for each rafter. DOH!!
Mistake number 1: Once I setup ridge beam support, originally set for an 8:12 pitch roof, I realized that made it way to big. So I had to cut them down for a 6:12 pitch roof.

QUICK, BEFORE IT SNOWS! A SHED FOR MORE STUFF...

APRIL 15th !!! @#^%$@#

Another before and almost after. Still need some molding, paint, and a welder plug...

Time for pegboard, cabinets, shelves, and LOTS of tool sorting. I still have tools I never unpacked because I was waiting until I had someplace put them :-)

Before and after:

All of the drywall is up except for the entry door area where I need to box in the vent pipe first. I'll get to mudding this weekend. I had a bit of a delay because a postal worker had a delivery for me and left the garage door open! 30 mile anhour winds @ 10 degrees for about 5 hours. My cozy 60 deg. garage was 21 degrees when I got home, and it took 2 days to come back up to temp. Needless to say, the door remains locked now. By the way, the Uhaul blanket is covering some really cold, leaky, single pane windows that I intend on replacing, along with the garage door.

Corner: After
Corner: Before
Last Corner to be finished. I''ll be putting walls around the vent and running plumbing for a sink first.

This has been my daily commute for the last week. The apartment in Parish has 10 feet!

The garage/shop is starting to come together. When I started the garage it was 29 degrees in the garage. Last night, it was in the teens outside and 60 inside :-)

Before and almost after...I started by putting up some ceiling joists ( since there were none)
Added some baffels...
Removed a door, and added lots of outlets ( 120 and 240 )...Took the previous owner's fridge to the dump ;-)

Created an ugly R6, or so, garage door for 25 bucks.
Added some padding...bought a gun and rented a drywall lift...


And voila, well almost. A couple more eveneings of rockin and muddin and I should be in good shape.
Once again, I can't really get a good wide angle shot, but it's bigger than it looks (18' x 22'), now that it is getting organized.

Well, the first thing to do is work on the garage, since I need a place to work, and possibly live, when I demo the rest of the house. The wiring needs a major upgrade, so I am installing a 100 amp subpanel in the garage to power my tools and lights. The existing wiring is dangerous at best. Then I will insulate the garage for winter. However there is no ceiling and the garage was added on to the existing house. You can see that they never bothered to take off the siding. So, first the siding has to come off, then a ceiling has to go up, then insulation and sheetrock...


Now that's some nice wiring. They had power running from the basement to the garage, then they ran power to the lights in the basement... from the garage?. Good thing I had a tester!




Lovely 4x4 construction ...

Once the siding was removed I had a view into the attic above the bathroom. Just what I thought, old wood, spider webs, and beer cans...
The first load of "house" to go to the dump :-)
Out with the old and in with the new... ceiling joists.