In an amazing feat we were able to meet our goals for the weekend. Thanks go out to three college students, one who works for us, David, and his brother Colton and friend Henry. We were able to sheet the roof with OSB and lay down Feltex on Friday night. It was critical to get that far on Friday because it was supposed to rain overnight. Fortunately, the storms based us by and everything was dry on Saturday morning.
Saturday the boys made quick work out of setting the Metal Sales Pro Panels. Each sheet was 27 feet long. We had 16 of them to install and it took just over 3 hours.
After lunch we built the front wall of the Barn. We had left it off so we could use the forklift to set the trusses. The front wall is 20 feet high to hide the mono slope roof. It also will match another section of our building well.
I have been asked several times why the Barn is 16 feet high inside. Two reasons, one is because that is the height of the ceilings in our store. The second is because our racking for lumber is 14 feet high. To maximize our storage, we are using the vertical height to store items.
Our goals for this coming week is to add blocking and bracing in a couple of areas, sheet the outside with Corrugated Panels from Metal Sales and get ready to install doors. Should be interesting…