The details and sheet metal seem like they take forever.
And that would be doubly so in our case, as the rest of the building construction would be done here and there whenever anyone had time to work on it.
The three days of the red iron construction ( big erection for you perverts😄😄) took place October 2-4th, 2020.
The rest of the month would drag by with little visible results, despite a lot of effort going on.
From here on out, the principal “crew” would consist of @wash11 , @Yarder , myself, and our wives over the course of the next couple months on weekends here and there. The girls would make sure we were fed and our coolers were full of beer, and would also help handle whatever else needed done, which unfortunately included cutting a lot of insulation. ITCHY!!!👎
Here’s Yarder tending to some bracing details in the roof area.
During all of this, I had been having something of a running battle with the utility company about how to get power to the building. I won’t bore you with details, but it took a couple months to hammer out an acceptable solution.
Here’s Joel helping me put the finishing touches on some conduit stub ups for the 400A panel.
I have some cool videos of us doing the exothermic welds for the ground rods that I’ll see if I can get to post. Here’s a still picture of the setup ready to weld.
The underground electrical was finally completed on October 23.
And on the very next day, we finally got to start hanging sheet metal and insulation!
Here’s Yarder up in Joel’s favorite rickity lift, setting the first piece of sheet metal. Another exciting milestone!
By this point, Joel was shit full of that particular lift and refused to go up in it any more.😄😄 I don’t blame him. That lift with it’s obsolete design and worn out parts sways and moves so much it’s extremely unsettling. Ironically, I too am afraid of heights-I’ve just had to master that fear a little with the work I do. 😬🤷♂️
Once we got a method figured out, we made pretty good progress on the wall. Here is that back wall just 4 hours after hanging the first sheet. Pretty good for three guys whose resumes don’t include “professional Steel Building Erector” on them!
By October 31, the back wall was done, and it was time to start the first end wall.
My brother in law made the mistake of showing up, so he got roped into playing building erector.
By November 4th, the back wall and east end wall were completed and looking good!
And that’s not all, the west end wall was about a third of the way done too!
Here’s Denise riveting on some door trim pieces prior to putting the siding up around it.
At this point, progress was slow, but steady, and everyone was pleased with our progress and quality of work.
In short, things were going pretty good!
One thing I’ve learned about construction over the years, and especially construction in remote places-things don’t go pretty good for very long…