New shop build, beginning stages with questions

[EddieWalker]

Sounds like very good progress. I'm looking forward to seeing pictures!!!

 

[grsthegreat]

Water level.....i still have one of those. Used it to build my house. I didnt use my transit level on house because the water level is a 1 man operation. Back then, no one could afford a laser level....if it even existed in 1996

 

[rangerfredbob]

Using the hose the way I did it was a 2 man operation, I just bought 54' of hose (what was left on the reel) and went to the ends of one wall and marked the water level on both posts, had the wife sit and watch the level on one end while I took the other to as many posts as the hose would reach and marked them, then moved the hose to the other end where I started and marked the rest of the posts... kind of a pain but I think was easier than the transit I have...

Here's a couple pictures, one from Sunday night and the other from tonight, I got most of the perlin supports up tonight, need to cut a bunch of perlins to length (they are all like 3/4" too long) tomorrow and go from there...

 

[ovrszd]

Thanks for the progress pics!!! These projects are good for a man's Soul.

 

[rangerfredbob]

Just a teaser since I want to get out and working on it, but I had several friends come over yesterday and we got the roof raised, all the girts up and even the trim boards up!

I'll get a pic or two up tonight.

 

[rangerfredbob]

Ok, here's the promised pictures...






This should be in the right timeline... last Tuesday, Friday night, Saturday night and tonight... Not much difference between yesterday and today, I took it easy today since I was going for almost 14 hours yesterday... Friday night I had most of the perlin boards cut to length and sitting in place but not very many were attached, did that first Saturday morning then we put on the truss jacks and lifted the roof assembly then went with all the gerts (who came up with these absurd names? a handful of drunk guys making things up?) then we built up the eaves and put the trim boards up. Today I went slow but got the 18 3/4" bolts in place in the 6 posts that needed them then nailed the door posts in.

Progress! It finally looks like a thing!

 

[pmsmechanic]

Just curious how you lifted the roof assembly?

 

[EddieWalker]

Congratulations on some great progress!!!

Am I seeing this correctly, you have two trusses attached to either side of the posts, and your roof purlins are on top of those trusses?

 

[ovrszd]

Very interesting!!! I've never saw a roof assembly done like that!!! Curious about the jacks used as well??? Thanks for the updates and pics!!!

 

[grsthegreat]

Thats how everyone does them up here. They use strap jacks or truss jacks to raise it after its built.