My work shop build in progress

Frank Surber · Feb 16, 2020

Fill in and packed then packed some more then more fill and packed again and again until I had the hole filled right up to where the last subterranean brace was to be welded in now all bracing is in I finished filling the hole but haven't packet it down yet as my plate packer began acting up there is probably trash in the carb as ther is no inline filter on the machine

No explanation needed here we all know what this picture means

Xfaxman · Feb 16, 2020

Frank Surber said:
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No explanation needed here we all know what this picture means
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I need an explanation, do not know what the picture means.

Frank Surber · Feb 17, 2020

Xfaxman said:
I need an explanation, do not know what the picture means.

It means I have the first sheet installed of the 2nd half of the roof and if it is not too windy tomorrow I hope to have several more installed

EddieWalker · Feb 17, 2020

Gonna be a huge accomplishment to get the rest of the roofing metal up there!!!

Xfaxman · Feb 17, 2020

Frank Surber said:
It means I have the first sheet installed of the 2nd half of the roof and if it is not too windy tomorrow I hope to have several more installed

:thumbsup: I saw the single roof panel, but still didn't connect it with being halfway done.

Show us how much you get on today.

Frank Surber · Feb 17, 2020

Xfaxman said:
:thumbsup: I saw the single roof panel, but still didn't connect it with being halfway done.

Show us how much you get on today.

This building will never be halfway done. Even if one day I find that I have all of the walls in place all of the doors hung the anti room and the shop bathroom completed all of the lighting and wiring done and hopefully someday a slab for the floor it will still not be as far along as halfway done. Each incremental phase can become half way done such as the roof one side is done but not insulated and now I am starting to install the rest of the sheets on the south slope of the roof So I am calling that phase half way done.
I still have about 3 or 4 columns that I want to add to the East and the West ends to determine the door stops but those can come later.
I have to drag in level and pack almost 100 cubic yards of hard base to level out the floor area this also has been put on hold as long as I don't have the loader bucket on my back hoe. Still later on I plan on excavating off of the South side and building a retaining wall out of old truck tires filling and packing them with the clay I am digging up from the eventual half acre fish pond I am digging. Then once the retaining wall is constructed this will give me a loading dock due to the natural change in elevation from the shop floor level and the field beyond to the south.
I will need to scrape off about a foot of top soil to the West leading to the road and an area of about an acre and a half then back fill with base and gravel for the entry and parking area for trucks and trailers but again that is down the line on the list of things to get done.

Frank Surber · Feb 17, 2020

The morning went well I now have 9 sheets up and have completely used up 1ne pile of sheet metal now I have to dig a lot of shorter sheets off of another stack before I can lift anymore to the roof