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| TUESDAY MORNING: SHOWING DECK AWAITING WALLS. |
Framing a house has a certain sound to it: hammers at work. And in this case, a couple dozen of them, all pounding as if a symphony. Exterior walls here in Mississippi are made using 2x6s for the strength advantage and to provide additional space to insert extra insulation needed in this southern climate. These exterior walls are the first ones to be raised.
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| BILL, ONE OF MANY NAILING THE WALL STUDS. |
We are working today on a duplex -- 2 units side-by-side and each unit, approximately 18' wide by 60' long. This means a verrry long first 60' wall to raise. It's a good thing we have many folks working on site. Here is how it goes up:
1. build the wall
2. line up the volunteers
3. on a single count, begin lifting
4. raise the wall into place.
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| YEAH, ITS 9:30 AND FIRST WALL IS IN PLACE! DUSTIN, CHARLES AND BOB. |
Walls, and more walls. Exterior and then the interior ones, those built of 2x4s. And so the day went. By 4:30 quitting time all walls of unit #1 were in place, including the tall firewall which extends high into the roof peak.
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| END OF DAY: SHOWING WALLS PLUS TALL WALL BETWEEN UNITS WITH SOME OF THE FIREBOARD IN PLACE. VOLUNTEERS ON SCAFFOLDING ARE SHEATHING THE EXTERIOR WALL. |
1 comment:
Nancy,
A little different size project compared to our 18 x 18 home in Nepal! And, no bamboo? Looks like you're getting a lot accomplished! Thinking of you in the nice warm weather.....brrrrrrr from the north!
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