I never thought I'd say it, but having a very busy life has been good for this blog. Most often there's just no time to burden you with the head-scratching that went on. All that makes it onto this blog are the PROGRESS reports.
We've been struggling with how to make tongue & groove in the 2x6 boards that will cover the 1500+ sq ft vaulted ceiling. The theory is that overlap will camoflage any shrinkage that may happen after the boards are up. Several ideas came up and were struck down. Final answer: cut shiplap with a dado blade on the tablesaw. Great idea until the tablesaw sucked too much hydro and the breaker had to be reset about 3 times for every 14' board. There's no way anybody here was willing to make 1000 trips to reset the breaker before this was done. Final answer: where there's a redneck will, there IS a REDNECK way.
The 5.5 hp Honda engine was borrowed from our gas powered air compressor. It was a pretty simple fit, to run the belt to the Honda instead of the 110 v motor. Only hurdle was that the two power sources turned opposite directions...not much of a challenge to compensate for that. (Says the family typist who heard about it after the fact and had nothing to do with the solution!)
Today I can report that the varnishing is still in progress, but the shiplap is all cut, freeing Dennis to start putting the main floor into the house. It feels like a huge step to be back in the basement hole, working directly on the house.
Have I said the SIP's are on order and we're tentatively talking about being ready to raise the frame in mid-August?
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