Today at 7:30am friends and family showed up for the first ever Paine family 'barn raising'. The goal was to set 21 trusses in place and that goal was accomplished in just about 3 hours (in spite of my 1.5 - 2hr target). Everyone found their job the work went really smoothly.
At about 7:45 we stood up the first truss. The first truss or two took extra time to make sure it was plumb. You can see the "C" jigs that the guys used to roll the trussed into position.
Making progress: one group on each side was in charge of nailing in the hurricane clips.
We would carry the trusses inside and lay them on the walls upside down...then roll truss upright. We ran temporary (permanent) bracing in the inside of the truss towards to top to keep everything in line.
The truss pile is getting low. The guys started to discuss how to get the trusses in place now that we were running out of room to hand and flip them.
By the time we were wrapping up, I'd say we had gotten pretty good at truss setting.
The crew in front of the finished product. THANKS so much guys - we made a ton of progress...and there's literally no way I could have done it without you!
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| Dad N, Steve, Ray, Me and Si, Uhr, Andrew, Eric, Travis, Dad P. |
Later in the day, the Dad's and I sheathed the gable, hung the 'ladders' for the eves and stacked some plywood on the roof to save me the work by myself.
Everything really looks great. I went through with a tape measure and checked everything and I was a little surprised that it was pretty stinkin' accurate.
Next up, sheathing the roof. Next, next up: roof it!
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