Where to put 32 Trusses?

by | Aug 14, 1999

One of the few items farmed out for construction are the roof trusses. If I put my mind and muscle to it, I suppose I could have built the roof from scratch but I decided to cheat a little. I ordered the trusses about four weeks ago and expected that they would not be...

Installing the Second Floor

by | Aug 7, 1999

Build It and They Will Come  Now that my master plan is complete you might as well know that I’m really not building a 16 sided cordwood house. It is a landing pad for the aliens from the planet “Stackwallon” located in a galaxy far, far, away. Okay,...

Second Floor Joist Installation

by | Jul 31, 1999

Surely You Joist, Things are Getting Batty Up Here!   But don’t call me Shirley! Well, it’s been another week of excessive heat. I won’t go into the gory details, but I will mention that the heat index was over 120 degrees on Friday. Whew! This week...

I’ve Seen Fire and Rain

by | Jul 25, 1999

This week was highlighted by the weather, again. A frontal boundary decided to camp out over Southeastern Minnesota for about four days. During that period, the area was plagued by numerous thunderstorms. As you can see, the picture on the left shows what lightening...

All Hands on Deck

by | Jul 18, 1999

 The majority of the week was spent building the joists to support the walk-around deck. The joists are constructed out of 2 x 8’s attached to 2 x 10’s. The 2 x 10’s are secured to the ends of the 16 girders and at the intersection of the girder and...

Girders Done

by | Jul 11, 1999

We’re Not in Kansas Anymore It’s a little difficult to see in the photo on the right, but this is a wall cloud produced by a mesoscale thunderstorm that passed to the North last Thursday. This same storm spawned an F2 tornado in Lewiston, MN that caused...