February 21st: Delivery of the trusses
Unbelievable but true: at 10.00 this morning the truck with the flat bed trailer stopped at our house to deliver the trusses!
Both of us are sure that these were produced just yesterday (Friday). Probably Southwest Structural Systems could not find the order as the adressee was "Kensington's Home" (we have no idea why!).
Here is the big truck with a little bunch of trusses:
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Unloading: The truck pulled backwards onto our lawn, ... |
... then the tension belts are released, ... |
... and -with a little lifting of the trailer bed- |
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Now the "jigsaw puzzle" starts. But as a first step the bundle has to be talen apart: they are fixed by metal straps and long nails to each other:
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February 21st: Starting the framework
We sort the trusses by numbers to make it easier with the framing.
But which part goes where?
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Truss drawing |
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The valley trusses Craftsmen in discussion |
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But in the end they decide the puzzle out how to put the trusses together at their proper place, on top of the wall:
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Holes are drilled to prepare for the connecting screws ... |
... the next step is to lift them up on top of the tie beam ... |
... here they are screwed on as per construction plan. |
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Our men at work:
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But at dusk work has to be stopped. The other trusses have to be done on another day.
