December 5 - The area for the storage building is formed and prepped. The dirt is now packed down.
December 5 - The building department required us to use 2.5 foot square holes 3 feet deep for each of the four carport posts.
December 5 - The posts are in place. They are notched at the top to support the beams we will install. The horizontal board on the left side of the posts will hold the gravel under the carport and is thus the level of the gravel. There will also be a board at the far end. We will add some additional bracing today to insure the posts don't move when we pour.
December 6 - Although you cannot see the concrete in the post holes, it is there. You can see a bit of concrete in the center where the truck washed out its chute.
December 6 - The storage building slab is poured and anchor bolts are embedded in the concrete. These will enable us to bolt the building to the slab. In the far right corner, the pipe is a conduit for power to the building. The red flag at the back marks the location of the main power line to the house.
December 13 - We got the forms off the slab, the sill plates glued and bolted down and many of the studs up on the walls. The large opening in the studs at the front is for the door. The large opening at the rear is for the air conditioner.
December 15 - We got plywood on three of the walls and the door opening framed in. We are waiting on framing the last wall until we get the dimensions on the air conditioner.
December 15 - The bracing is taken off of the carport posts.
December 17 - The storage building is almost dried in. The roof and tar paper is on. (We used different colored button caps -- nails with large plastic washers -- to hold the tar paper in place until we get the steel on the roof.)
December 17 - This is a view from the house back door. You can clearly see a small gable that needs framing and plywood.
December 17 - This is inside the storage building. All of the rough wiring is complete and connected to the house. The temporary diagonal brace will be removed. You can see light through the open gable near the ceiling joists. The walls and ceiling will be covered with smooth plywood (unpainted).
December 17 - This is inside the storage building. All of the rough wiring is complete and connected to the house. The temporary diagonal brace will be removed. You can see light through the open gable near the ceiling joists. The walls and ceiling will be covered with smooth plywood (unpainted).
December 23 - The door is installed on the storage building.
December 23 - The door is installed on the storage building.
December 23 - The rafters are on the straight portion of the roof. We will work on the hips next. The ceiling joists are installed. There is also some temporary scaffolding in place.