New workshop progress rafters

Looks like it’s coming along great.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

Looking great …..and

In the words of John, Paul, George, and Ringo …...

“It wont be long …yeah yeah yeah Yeah !!!!!”

-- Mike in Bonney Lake " If you are real real real good your whole life, You 'll be buried in a curly maple coffin when you die."

nice progress on the shop.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

Looks like a building! “I love the smell of Tyvek in the morning”

-- Women love me.....trees fear me

wow…coming along well…cant wait to see the next post!!!

-- Matt, Napa, CA...177 days to sanity...

don`t like much being in the dry now. Looks great

-- Mike, Bruce Mississippi = Jack of many trades master of none

Looking good.

What is it with the rain this spring? We’ve has about two weeks of nice weather about a month ago and ever since its seems to be either rain every other day or just bleeping cold… Ohh well, if its too wet to mow the lawn I guess I’m ‘forced’ to work in my shop :-)

-- ....next big purchase is wood for the next project, Mark

Since we started this build we have been rained out or on every day. Its raining here this morning and high winds.

If the weather had been good we would have had the roof boards on by now

Quebecnewf

are those 2×4 rafters ?..........or 2×6.

are you putting in knee walls up top under the rafters?

I ask because if you get a lot of rain then you must get a lot of snow which weighs a lot so I wonder about the snow load on that roof

Cheers

-- http://www.furnituremann.ca/

Coming along nicely. Thanks for the update.

-- Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit.

The excitement must be building too! Rain – wouldn’t have thought there would be any left after what has fallen here out west.

-- Phil in British Columbia

You’ll get there, in his time, not yours, but in his. mike

-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com

I just had to revet my engineered beam(1-3/4” x 9-1/2” x 24’) with 3 more 1-3/4×14 ” x 24 foot beams because I developed a 1-3/4” sag with only one side of the roof on. ( You can dance up there now but no worries down the line.)
I urge you to consider your single beam construction before the snow comes.

Bob

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

The rafters are 3×6x17’
Snow load is not a problem the roof is 8/12 pitch and will not hold snow with the wind we have.
The building is held together(check pic #3) with 5/8 cable instead of beams.
we have 6 sets of rafters on now and the walls have not deflected at all and the cables have yet to be put in tension

Quebecnewf

Keep it going I can’t wait to see the inside. I am sure it will be worth the wait.

Thanks for the post.

-- Kip Northern Illinois ( If you don't know where your goin any road will take you there) George Harrison