Greetings All
Another weekend in the cold of Vermont.....Well, it was about 34 degrees inside and out when we arrived Friday night about midnight. Louise packed long johns for me to sleep in this time and it helped a whole lot. Once the kerosene heater kicks in Saturday morning, it's very pleasant to be there, but the arrival and first contact with cold sheets and the morning air are shall we say , bracing.
Louise cut and installed the roof overhangs on the common rafters while I corrected a miscalculation in the valley rafter bird mouths (ah the joyous learning curve) and installed the hack errrr, jack rafters at the cross gable.
The overhangs of the cross gable were done with a combination of recalling conversations with Bob Harper of three years ago when I brought the framing model to Connecticut for him to review, studying his cross section through the porch gable, a lot of Trial and Error, and finally Brute Force and Ignorance (BF&I).
It is a fine thing to finally be able to see the full form of the camp as the Architect intended it! We left two pair of jack rafters unfinished over the kitchen, but should be able to brave the cold arrival next weekend to finish them and get plywood on, and hopefully also Ice and Snow Membrane.....then the camp could do what bears do in the woods.......hibernate in the winter, while we resume Peconic creativity.
The Red Sox were winning Game 2 when we pulled in the driveway.
Hope all are well...love BSB
Posted by Bennett
at 6:35 AM EDT
