We are very clearly a bit challenged in the math department and that has slowed down our barn framing a bit.
These triangles go on top of all the short walls both inside and outside. The ones on interior walls are slightly different than the ones on outside walls. They set the roof slope, secure our center beam and are attachment points for our rafters. Until this point the build was all pretty simple. Straight walls with studs every 16 inches. For these we needed to get them the right height to be still spaced every 16 inches and maintain a roof pitch. In the end it mostly worked out but there was a bit more trial and error than we had hoped for. Each time we made one we lifted it up by hand climbing ladders to find out something wasn't right. Down it gets lifted again to be pulled apart and we try again. We didn't use our somewhat trusty old excavator to lift the interior walls or these top triangles. We decided (really it was Mr. Dometastic) it was easier to lift them by hand. I might be convinced it was easier for the triangles but not the interior walls. We did it but they were at max weight we could possibly lift without more people or machinery. I don't think I was much help lifting. I was more of a doorstop. Mr. Dometastic lifts while I stand sweating and slowly being crushed under a wall made of 2 x 6's.
Now all the rough framing is done except the rafters. We hope to get those done this week. This will hopefully go smoother than the triangles!
Everything is all set with the town. The plans have had a few tiny changes needed but it was all just minor clarification. The final permit fee check has been cashed by the town. That should be the last step to getting a building permit for the dome. Now we JUST need to finish all the barn stuff, power trench and well so we can begin excavating when the permit is ready! So much to get done and work paying jobs.
Who remembers this movie? We had to watch it in school when I was a kid!
It has been quite a number of years since either of us has done geometry and it shows. We had to remake one element 4 times and we still didn't get the geometry 100% right. It isn't perfect but hopefully it will be good enough to pass inspection.
These triangles go on top of all the short walls both inside and outside. The ones on interior walls are slightly different than the ones on outside walls. They set the roof slope, secure our center beam and are attachment points for our rafters. Until this point the build was all pretty simple. Straight walls with studs every 16 inches. For these we needed to get them the right height to be still spaced every 16 inches and maintain a roof pitch. In the end it mostly worked out but there was a bit more trial and error than we had hoped for. Each time we made one we lifted it up by hand climbing ladders to find out something wasn't right. Down it gets lifted again to be pulled apart and we try again. We didn't use our somewhat trusty old excavator to lift the interior walls or these top triangles. We decided (really it was Mr. Dometastic) it was easier to lift them by hand. I might be convinced it was easier for the triangles but not the interior walls. We did it but they were at max weight we could possibly lift without more people or machinery. I don't think I was much help lifting. I was more of a doorstop. Mr. Dometastic lifts while I stand sweating and slowly being crushed under a wall made of 2 x 6's.
Now all the rough framing is done except the rafters. We hope to get those done this week. This will hopefully go smoother than the triangles!
Everything is all set with the town. The plans have had a few tiny changes needed but it was all just minor clarification. The final permit fee check has been cashed by the town. That should be the last step to getting a building permit for the dome. Now we JUST need to finish all the barn stuff, power trench and well so we can begin excavating when the permit is ready! So much to get done and work paying jobs.
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