While awaiting the arrival of the crane, Don and I worked on the prow problem while Adam and Jim prepped for the ridge beam.
Prow on the end of the garage is finally installed. The top is 40 inches out from the wall and the bottom is only 18 inches.
Posts are erected and some rafters are in place to accept the ridge beam. The beam itself has had the metal brackets attached.
Early Wednesday morning the crane pulled onto the site.
A couple of hundred dollars well spent!
Within a few minutes, the very heavy ridge beam is in the air being lifted to the tops of the posts…
gently lowered to its position…
and then attached to the waiting rafters.
An hour after the crane arrived, it has departed and the ridge beam is high above supported by six rafters.
By the end of the day, most of the rafters are up. Some will have to come down to make way for the shed dormer that will be on the right. These were put up to provide temporary support.
Thursday and Friday:
Despite working with a short staff (Jim had to report to his regular job Thursday and Friday and Adam had a doctor's appointment Friday morning) the shed dormer has been framed out and the dormer rafters have replaced the temporary support rafters.
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