The two of us managed assemble and erect to put up a 12-foot wall with 1 window in about an hour, with the pieces all pre-cut. Squaring the whole building took about 3 hours as we fumbled between trying to get it square and trying to get the walls plumb. All the compromises eventually ended up within reasonable tolerances.
If fortune continues to smile upon us tomorrow we'll proceed with tossing up a temporary loft deck and putting on the ridge and rafters. The main goal is to have the roof on before end of day Monday - which gives us three work days.
Snoozer apparently ate too many wood chips and gave us a surprise delivery on the deck this afternoon. He prefers to conduct such business on freshly cut or painted lumber rather than lowly dirt or grass.
Rain puddled in the SW corner of the deck and so we're planning to put in a small floor drain to carry away any future water buildups that might occur.
Today's lesson: Measure twice, cut once. I made a $8 board into a $4 board by mis-cutting this afternoon.
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