Bootsy Star has some siding up!

Last week we made some good progress on (half of) the roof. It rained over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, so we couldn't get anything done up there. During a break in the rain on Sunday we rushed out and James got the rest of the South side of the roof sheathed and then started putting the tar paper up. Meanwhile I was working on putting the wrap around the frame. The wrap (I learned) is another layer of insulation. It's super lightweight, but is a crazy efficient barrier. The mighty Troutdale winds couldn't tear it down this week....so- winner!

James putting in the last layer of sheathing for the roof

Notice the complete lack of a safety harness

Oh, hai. I'm working down her eon the ground

I made James take this to prove I was working

Here is the siding...half sorted

The sun came out!

Measuring out the tar paper to put over the sheathing

Again, Hunter does not like his paws wet so he stands on the siding

Tada! One side is sheathed!

Now comes the tar paper

At about 430pm the sun starts setting

This is as far as we could get before we lost the light

This was a few minutes before 5pm!

Today (Friday 11/30) it was gray but not raining so we headed outside. We finished wrapping the frame and then started to put up the siding.

Wrapping it up

James staples the wrap

James added a tarp over the roof to protect the side that has tar paper

Note the wall-less building behind James. Our future library

The ever present Penny- wanting to help

Our outdoor Miter saw table

Boom. First piece of siding up!

We got one piece up all the way around then started on the West wall

We got about this far before we starting losing light

Last one we could put up in daylight

My original plan was to use reclaimed wood not just to save money, but because I liked the look of the miss-matched paint and board length. James is not really digging this at all, by the way. However. It turns out I will have to paint Bootsy Star because there is exposed wood and we can't have that. So, instead of this cool green and blue I will go with the palate I looked at a few months ago. I already picked up the super dark gray paint (Francesca) to paint the french doors. What are your thoughts on the blue (Lagoon) for the walls and the two shades of gray (Winter's day and Magnetite) for trim?

Tell me what you think for colors!

Taking advantage of the weather- even on a holiday

 There have, sadly, only been a few days without rain this month. Funny, considering we had 73 days of no rain this summer. Why didn't we build the shop then, you ask? Well, Team Wilson likes a challenge, what can we say?
When we last left our adventure James, Lauren and I had got the trusses up. Yikes. that was a chore. Next James needed to add supports so the trusses wouldn't blow over in the Troutdale wind. During a break in the rain last week James went out and added the supports.

James up in the trees

Supports going up..or in? or on?

Boom. done.

This will be Penny's Christmas card for 2012

We had booked Lauren and Jen's time on Saturday, and it rained. Rude. We all went to The ReBuilding Center to look for siding. I wanted to used reclaimed wood not just because it is waaaayyyy cheaper, but because it looks cool. We s.c.o.r.e.d and found this cool green and blue stuff.

Lauren and Jen inspect the new (old) siding

Let's load it up!

Lauren and part of the siding

Locked and loaded. This Tundra WORKS

James and I headed to Home Depot for the sheathing for the roof. Technically that is just a bunch of 4X8s. Note- this was not today, which is Thanksgiving. Home Depot, we learned the hard way, is closed today. Argh. We didn't get enough sheathing!

Look at his face. He is thinking "seriously? you are taking photos and not helping me lift this?" and i'm like "yes! this is happening!"

this ought to do it.....

on the job injury. those vents for the roof are pokey! 

Today was the only day this week without rain, so we wanted to try to get as much done as possible. Yes, even on a holiday. I'm happy with what we were able to accomplish- even fighting off colds! James put as much of the sheathing as he could up in place. We need ladder jacks to get the tip top pieces up. That roof is pretty high pitched too. Scary!

Weapons against sick

This hummingbird was hanging out for a bit. She even flew into Bootsy Star...but soon left cause I had no food

James made these little temporary ledge holder things

Here we go!

One down....well, almost down

"Jenn...quit taking photos and hold the ladder!"

This little guy was on one of the sheets of plywood. James found him on the roof and brought him down to (wet) land

It's getting there.....

A star for Bootsy Star

Hunter doesn't like his paws to be wet so he wanted to stand here... where James needs to cut the sheet in half

Penny wants in on the act

Almost there!

Hunter really won't give this up. Penny moved on

James did this by himself!

Once we did all that we could for the roof today we decided to not waste the weather and we did sorting on the siding. We measured out how many of each board length we will need and sorted the wood according to the usable feet.

And this is what we need for Bootsy Star

Sorting by usable feet

we go from 5 feet to 16 feet

So that's where we leave off. Roof about 40% sheathed and the siding about 50% sorted. It's supposed to be dry on Sunday so the hope is to finish the roof stuff then.

Now- just for fun...how many ladders can you spot below?

need. more. ladders.