Raising Trusses with a Crane – Brilliant Idea!

by | Sep 5, 1999

1999 by Alan Stankevitz | Jan 26, 2017 Just Truss Me I met with the president of a local roofing and house construction company on Monday who seemed really interested in the work that I was doing. I told him my story about how I needed some help getting the roof up...

Attempting to Raise Trusses with Gin Pole

by | Aug 28, 1999

1999 by Alan Stankevitz | Jan 26, 2017 The week was shortened a bit by rain on Monday. The rest of the week was the same old pattern. There was dense fog until about 10 AM and then the heat, humidity and lack of wind made things quite uncomfortable while working....

Building the Second Floor Frame

by | Aug 21, 1999

1999 by Alan Stankevitz | Jan 26, 2017  Sliver Me Timbers! Aye Mateys! This past week was pretty much devoted to raising the 6 x 6 timbers into place to support the trusses. I started by cutting and raising the post and beams to build the center support octagon. By...

Where to put 32 Trusses?

by | Aug 14, 1999

1999 by Alan Stankevitz | Jan 26, 2017 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...

Installing the Second Floor

by | Aug 7, 1999

1999 by Alan Stankevitz | Jan 26, 2017 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”...

Second Floor Joist Installation

by | Jul 31, 1999

1999 by Alan Stankevitz | Jan 26, 2017 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...