Four Hands Are Better Than Two... Hobbitizing in Harmony

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Guess who's back in town? my son ryan313@ryan313.

Guess what he's here to do? give dad a hand with the sunroom.

Guess how hard we will be hobbitizing? verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry

Guess how many breaks we will be taking? none, zero, zilch.

Guess what we do if it rains or snows? Hobbitize on thru to the other side.

Guess what we do if someone falls off of the ladder? Now, that depends on the extent of injury incurred when hitting the ground. Unless it's life-threatening, we've got
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for everything else!

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Within a few hours, we had the walls stood.

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After a few more hours we were ready to start framing the roof.

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With the weather cooperating, we were moving right along. The temporary scaffolding we had constructed would put all of the roof framing, right in our wheelhouse.

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Cutting all of the rafters in advance of Ryan coming to help out, would now pay dividends.

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There is nothing like working alongside a family member. Being that this was not our first dance, every move was made with no wasted time or effort.

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With the ridge beam installed and a set of rafters in place at the mid-point to keep everything straight, the remaining rafters flew into place.

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At this point, we both thought it would be possible to have the sunroom's roof done by the following day.

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With a relatively small pitch on the roof, (5" on 12" pitch) it was very easy to keep your footing without needing roof brackets.

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By the end of our son's two-day visit, we were right where I had hoped we would be.
Heck, there was even enough daylight left for me to take a break for a moment,

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and realize the roof would be watertight before his departure.

The usual progression for constructing a building would be to sheath the walls first, followed by the roof and then shingles.
Closing in the walls first inhibits the wind from whipping through the building.
With the walls open, strong gusts of wind can exact so much force on the roof of a building, that it will rip it off. 馃槬 In this case, I was willing to take that chance, knowing I would be sheathing the walls the next morning.
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The following day I hobbitized, solo, sheathing the sunroom.
This was the first time I have ever used this ZIPsystem instead of plywood to sheath a structure. This innovation has transformed the future of building enclosures. This revolutionary integrated sheathing and flashing tape guarantees that the building will be protected against moisture intrusion during construction. Using this product also eliminates the need for any type of protective paper to be installed over the sheathing, cutting down on man-hours.

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I knew farm-mom@farm-mom was keeping an eye on me, making sure I wasn't dilly-dallying. With just that one little piece of sheathing missing, which can be seen at the top right-hand corner of this picture, maybe she'll let me come in for a meal.馃憣

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A great day of Hobbitizing.

Building the stairs and installing the soffit, I will also do solo.

With Ry returning in a day or two, I should be ready to install the windows, door, and side the sunroom while he's here.

Stay safe my friends!

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