Crzypete's new Studio

[nektai]

We has the flaming 55gallon drum at Mr. Douglas's. What will you counter with? Perhaps a sprinkler and a kiddy pool filled with ice? How is the roof progress?

[crzypete]

Nektai, i will promise to come up with an idea to cool you down.

Here are the latest pics. My brother is here helping me with the roof rafters, way easier han doing it by myself (I know this from my recently gained experience)

[nektai]

Crzy,

You have built enough of the roof to get a feel for the loft space. I am sure it is going to make the building feel much bigger, am I correct? All the extra work for that area is well worth it.

nice work

[crzypete]

Nektai, some of the days are long and slow, but I believe the end result will be worth it. Fortunately my memory is not great and I will soon forget all of the hard labor and just enjoy the great space. With that said, the space is really taking shape, and it seems to be very open and should be a nice asset to the building.

One thing we finally did today was remove the temporary support and roll around the large scaffold. It has been a while since it has moved and it makes a difference- especially having the ceiling up there.

here are pics from the end of the day.






we have two rafters per side left.

Pete

[nektai]

Nice work!

Did you plant grass around the foundation? Its looking nice and green up there.

[crzypete]

No grass planted yet, we were waiting till fall, but this grassy stuff has been growing and if is is decently thick and green I will be happy with it.

pete

[crzypete]

We missed a day, The rafters are all but complete. I am back to working alone and spent today building the last exterior wall of the shop.

Here are today's pics.


From the inside looking up.


More work tomorrow.

[guzziguy]

well done!

[crzypete]

Today we sheathed the endwall of the shop. The scaffold brackets saved the day for the high up work.



Another course applied with the windows cut out.



The rest of the day was spent inside the building. Hopefully some good progress pics on that tomorrow.

Pete

[guzziguy]

I like the scaffold. I cann see a deck there. What do you think? a place to hang out, at the end of the day. A sliding glass door open to Lena's workspace. maybe a little out door griniding area.

just a thought.

[DenaliPilot]

Pete- almost a shame to sheathe it and hide all that nice work beneath OSB. Speaking of, what are you planning to side it with? Lava rock on the first story and thatch for the gables could be a different kind of look... And what about roofing? Terracotta tiles maybe? Looking great in any case- steer clear of my advice, and I'm sure it will continue to proceed that way!

[crzypete]

Wish you guys were here swinging hammers cracking all of those jokes. Still I'm glad you can follow along from afar and further.

Siding will be an opaque stained vertical pine. Roof will be metal in a charcoal gray.

Today we finished the sheathing on the endwall and I even got an in action shot taken of me. It feels even higher than it looks.


I also finished up the interior post which supports the ridge beam.


Here's where it joins the beam.


Floor to beam the post is close to 22' tall.


Lastly was the start of the collar ties which will span the rafters and define the ceiling of the loft space.


Things are really progressing well, and I am getting excited as I see the lumber piles diminishing.

Pete

[nektai]

Great work!

How high from sub-floor to the bottom of the collar tie?

[crzypete]

Floor to collar tie is 10' 1". I needed the extra height in order to make access to the the attic truss- any lower and you would need to crawl through a small door, this should allow a simple duck to get in.

Pete

[guzziguy]

I showed the photos to Laura and she said "wow his shop is going to be nicer than their house"

[crzypete]

I showed the photos to Laura and she said "wow his shop is going to be nicer than their house"

Damn straight! But the house isn't too nice. Give us time and we will fix that.

Here are pics from today. Not too much big things going on. In fact the biggest thing that got done is not pictured- we got one of the last two roof rafters in.

Under that roof rafter is an interior wall which we built. It is the stub wall on top.


also some more collar ties.

[mystry_tour]

Nice going Pete it's looking great. Think your gonna get it ready for winter so you can work a little in it?
Tour

[jugadro]

AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME!

You guys are rockin' away nicely!

At this rate, you'll be in there workin this winter!

[Jeff]

In the last picture shown above, it occurred to me that there's a strip of wood missing. You'll need a nailing surface along the top edge of the vertical piece of sheet rock that stops at the collar ties.

The space looks really incredible.

[crzypete]

Thanks everyone. I am definitely hoping to be in before winter, although I hear winter comes pretty early up here, so no promises.

Jeff, I think that it is alright as is. I will definitely discuss with my sheetrocker. The last collar tie is actually a sheetrock nailer, nailed flush to that wall.

Here are the pics from today. Everything is high up now. Fortunately my brother is back helping with the ground support. It really makes it possible having help when you are in the stratosphere.

here are a couple of in action shots




the view from the loft at the end of the day


The building at the end of the day


More tomorrow.