Project LLCER Building

The Lonely Chronicler - Monday evening I made it out to the building site. The sun sets so early these days that daylight pictures are hard to come by for a guy that is a bit slow getting started. So I must be content with taking pictures in the dark. To make matters worse, the work is all happening on the roof and I am allergic to ladders. So there I am, alone on the ground while the workers scamper about topside spreading tar paper and nailing shingles. So I wandered about, aiming the camera at the sky and into the artificial lights illuminating the roof for the shinglers. Now I know precious little about construction, but I have played with photography a bit. I am amazed by the capability of today's cameras. I own a camera on which it is impossible to make a phone call. In spite of this shortcoming, it still rather amazes me. I know there are better low light cameras on the market but I really like the size of my camera. And besides that, I already own it and am too cheap fruga...

Blogging Remotely - I was out of town for a long weekend checking up on relatives in far off Michigan and was not able to be on site to see and record the work that transpired. The most noteworthy thing about my absence may be that there was less lunch consumed Saturday noon time. I was not on hand to take pictures and see the action for myself, but Eric sent some pictures and I have my imagination to fill in the action. So what you get is an accurate report of what I might have seen had I been there. This arrangement makes me think of two guys in a horse suit with Eric being the head with the eyes and me being, well, whatever would be trailing behind the head. Paul (I think) is getting into position to apply roofing and Eric, a mere shadow of the person I remember, is the figure on the right. I would not have taken a picture like this. Not that it is not a worthy blog photo but because I would not be on the roof without being enclosed in the lift cage. Shingles Are Happening - Roofing...

Finishing the Top of the Firewall - I was pretty sure that no more words would be spent on rocking the firewall, but Thursday night presented some of the best acrobatics since the trusses went up and earned Loren the Peak Performer award for the evening. With each picture being worth approximately 1,000 words, I am well overspent for this post already. Power - We have electricity now coming from the local neighborhood power company and are no longer reliant on gas powered generators or long cords coming from neighbor Pete's house. With the startup of electrical service comes the all important meter. I was impressed that after several hours, with saws in frequent use. the meter was still showing zero. Maybe the first few days are free. Or maybe as a church we get free power. Or maybe I do not have a clue about reading meters.  Phillip Loukusa is the licensed electrician who connected all the stuff up. I plugged in the fancy truss mounted chandeliers to make sure that the electrons w...

First Roof Sheeting Over the Firewall - While the firewall is not yet near completion, the top part of the south half has been double rocked on both sides, allowing for hangers to be attached to the wall, which in turn allows rafters to be put in place, which finally allows for red fire-resistant plywood roof sheeting to be nailed down. But, alas, when the tar paper is rolled out and the shingles are nailed down, you will not be able to tell where the red sheets start and the ordinary, black-lined, glued together wood chip truss covers end. So take a good look now. On the inside, rafter hangers complete with rafters are hanging on to the double rocked firewall. We are standing with the firewall on our left, looking up to where we formerly could see sky and, on occasion overflying sandhill cranes, and now seeing rafters and plywood. The angle on the firewall is readily displayed by the length of the rafters growing longer as they near the bottom of the photo. Sheeting the roof is progre...