64: East Wall Complete
I finally got everything on the east wall finished. Once the walkboard had been raised all the way up to the 19 foot level (above ground), I could then reach the top of the gable for siding, soffit and fascia installation. I planned to paint everything from the top down as I lowered the walkboard.
An interesting question came up as the soffit was going on, and that was “how am I going to lay the lean-too scaffolds back down.” I had used rebar hooks in the purlins over each scaffold to attach the block and tackle too for raising the scaffold. Now, if I removed the hooks to install the soffit, there would be nothing to attach the block and tackle too. Sure, I could go inside the building and use a long stick to push them over and let them fall back to the ground, but I didn’t like that idea. If I ever needed to again raise a scaffold I wouldn’t be able too. So, I figured the rebar hooks had to stay in place for future needs. Drilling the soffit for the rebar hook to go through wasn’t hard at all.
Pic 1 shows the finished south and east walls.
Pic 2 is the soffit and fascia and some upper painting.
Pic 3 is a close up of the rebar hooks.
An interesting question came up as the soffit was going on, and that was “how am I going to lay the lean-too scaffolds back down.” I had used rebar hooks in the purlins over each scaffold to attach the block and tackle too for raising the scaffold. Now, if I removed the hooks to install the soffit, there would be nothing to attach the block and tackle too. Sure, I could go inside the building and use a long stick to push them over and let them fall back to the ground, but I didn’t like that idea. If I ever needed to again raise a scaffold I wouldn’t be able too. So, I figured the rebar hooks had to stay in place for future needs. Drilling the soffit for the rebar hook to go through wasn’t hard at all.
Pic 1 shows the finished south and east walls.
Pic 2 is the soffit and fascia and some upper painting.
Pic 3 is a close up of the rebar hooks.
posted by Tony @ 8:27 PM
2 Comments:
My wife would have a flower pot, wind chime, or something else hanging on that empty rebar hook in three shakes of a second!
Looking good! I hope you continue your posts on the interior work as well.
Glad to see you're making progress. Doing all the work yourself is a real challenge.
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