After a bit of a hiatus with busy fall activities, including trips to Chicago and Big Bend National Park, we were ready to make some progress towards making the bathroom addition weather-tight.
We started with additional work on finishing framing the walls and adding the roof rafters.
Much of our day was spent trying build a small trapezoidal wall above where the addition meets the storage container.This proved tricky, mostly because we are finding out that the building is not quite square, with a bit of looseness in our angles. The result was much angst and consternation expressed through four-letter words strung together in creative sequences.
So things don't always line up right. Hey, we're not professionals, and a lot can be done with shims and roof tar. In some cases, we just needed to pull on a wall to bring it into true. Easier said than done with just two guys. That's where a little redneck engineering comes into play. Just pull on the wall with a rope tied to a truck. What could go wrong?
Luckily in this case, everything worked out just the way we wanted, and we didn't create any regrettable YouTube moments. So in a day-and-a-half we weren't able to get all the wall and roof panels on, but made some good progress.
We also checked on our feeders and game cameras to see what has been happening with the wildlife over the last six weeks. Things are starting to get interesting...
