The Walls Are Up At The Shop

Raising the first wall....

Eman building a short section of wall that will hold a window....

Another wall up....

Oh doesn't the Gman look happy???? He's finally getting his shop!!!

Raising another section that will hold a window....

At the end of the day, ALL of the walls were up!

Site Supervisor.....he really knows what he is doing!

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Shop Progress

Here's one of the walls the Gman made up....

the guys are going to build them on the ground, then stand them up.

Another wall....this one has the man door framed in....

Rough fitting the sill plate.

The windows that will be used....the other day we sorted thru the pile and the Gman picked out the ones he thought he wanted to use.

I got them all scrubbed up, the window screens as well. They were pretty gross and dirty...they had been in storage for quite awhile.

The Eman and JP have arrived, and the guys are already up at the shop site working on the next walls. We have the trusses being delivered tomorrow afternoon. The Eman isn't worried, he says "Piece of cake" to get the rest of the walls done in time!

The metal roofing will be delivered at the same time. We are putting the same dark green tin on the roof, as we have on the house....Melcher's Green, it is called.

It will be interesting when it comes to choosing siding for the shop. Since we simply cannot stand the white vinyl siding on the house, we are going to take our time finding something nice to put on the shop. Then, eventually, the house will be resided with the same material.

Later today, the Nman and Kgal will arrive! I am sooo looking forward to this weekend with my family around me!!!

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Full Steam Ahead on the Gman's Shop

Finally! He has waited a long time but finally we are moving on to the next phase on the Gman's shop! If you want to read about our adventures in getting the foundation done, click on over here

Here's the site. We have done nothing since 2 years ago....my breast cancer diagnosis meant a big delay.

On Friday, we had a load of crush dropped....and the Gman rented one of these big tampers....

He used his big machine to put the tamper inside the foundation walls. He had already used his machine to scoop loads of crush and put them in there.

Tamp...tamp....tamp....

When he finished it looked pretty good! This will just make it easier for framing as the inside will be nice and level. Eventually we will get a concrete slab poured on top of the crush.....

The wheelbarrow sitting outside what will be the big main door.....

The tools are pretty much ready for the framing to start!

Last year, Gman got a heck of a deal on a bunch of windows off of Craigslist. Later today, we will haul them out, look them over and he will decide which ones he wants to use.

We are going to be really busy this week! Tomorrow night late, the Eman and JP arrive. Eman works in construction and really knows what he's doing, so he will be the Supervisor for the shop project.

Thursday, the Nman and Kgal arrive....everyone will be staying until at least Sunday. Yeahhhh! It's going to be wonderful to have all my children in one place up here in the 'Boo!!!

We're hoping to go to the lake one day after work and bring a picnic along....should be fun!

Friday late afternoon, the trusses and roof tin are to be delivered. The Eman figures the shop will be framed by then, and the trusses can get put right onto the roof with the crane.

Here's hoping!

I'll keep taking pics and posting about the progress!

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