Man this will be over before you know it.
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I'll be at the grand opening with klflowers. I'll even bring a keg!!Comment
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drobinson let's do it. Jim, we are crashing your grand opening. Warn the family, hide the children so they won't need therapy laterComment
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Jim White you may want to hide the dogs too. The sight of me and Panhead John in baby dolls may strike them blind...
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starting to look real!Comment
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Very nice! Glad to see progressComment
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What chimney?
Check out these exciting action shots of the chimney going away!
And while that work was going on, all the framing materials were being delivered. The framers start tomorrow morning and they expect everything to be dried in by the end of the day Friday. So excited!
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Clawbear57 - Isn't that something? I get way more exited for other people's cooks and projects here than my own!
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Faux brick chimbly!!!Howboutit. Was wonderin how come there wasn't more lumber under the roof to support.Comment
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Wow. This is looking amazing. Nice projectComment
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There was a slight delay to the start of framing. We were missing the beams that support the rafters. These beasts are LDL (basically multiple layers of plywood-like material glued together, but incredibly strong) and some of them are around 24 feet long. This is what will allow such a large open area without support posts in the middle of things. The beams got delivered yesterday evening while I was at the Gator baseball game.
Rain is forecast for Monday, so framing is likely to start on Tuesday. That will go fast, likely only a day and a half or less.
Edit to add: and there was a bit more demolition work to do along the roofline. You can see now how the cutback has gone into where the fake chimney used to be. Getting rid of the chimney was definitely the way to go.
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Uncle Bob and they're way easier to install. I had a friend help me layer a 7" x 14" x 26' beam in my living room. It took the 2 of us about 45 minutes install. -
NO worries about rain, smoke in the horse trailer out back. I so hate messing with wood.
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This is a fun project, and much cheaper than me doing it here.
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Here's the beam I installed at our place to incorporate the former porch into the main house. I finished it craftsman style with alder plywood and trim. It made a wonderful addition to our home. I did the same thing to the kitchen by tearing out a bearing wall and replacing it with a lam-beam.
Edit: 'Ol Coop says hi!
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It's a little cluttered with snow removal clothes drying here, there, and everywhere!!
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Wow....Just Wow...I'm jealous...But really I am happy for you!Comment
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I suspect I won't sleep much tonight. Knowing that framing starts tomorrow and could even be mostly finished by the end of the day is just too exciting.
Materials for the new roof on the rest of the house were delivered today, also. I had been thinking the roofers could do their thing with very little impact on the other work on the porch. Makes sense, then, that the roofing can start as the porch starts to get a roof, too.
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Wow! What a day of progress! I will give a brief update here, but the crew is still hard at work. They will continue working for a couple of hours yet, but I have to feed animals and then move on to Gator baseball. Life is hard, I know.
Over coffee, I saw the first post of the morning.
And then we got more posts.
First LVL beam going into place.
First rafter going into place.
Many rafters later.
And the last of the LVL going in.
It's so exciting seeing just how large and open the space will be. Ceiling will be almost nine feet at the lowest point.
I'll update again in the morning.
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That was a good day's work for sure. This topic is so much fun to follow, Jim.
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