Our wonderful visitors departed this morning and after a big lunch we went back to the site with hammers in hand, pounded togther and raised the two long walls. It rained all morning, and several times in the afternoon. Temperatures ranged from mid-80's to maybe low 70's - a very beautiful day.
With help from Snoozer we got it done.
After deciding to end the work day after the 2nd wall was up, a hummingbird came and hovered over the deck for a few seconds - clearly a blessing.
Today's screwup: Interior wall nailing surfaces don't actually face each other. Easy to fix, but a bit of a puzzle how it crept into the drawings.
Today's Lessons Learned:
- Avoid warped lumber on top or bottom plates. You can crank out the warp with pressure, but it creates a lot of work places for errors to creep in.
- Laying out top & bottom plates can be done in a single pass with plates aligned face up on the deck.
- Be careful to get the wall oriented correctly before doing layout ( I had inside/outside reversed)
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