Barn Raising: Closing In
I’m writing this post three months after the photo above was taken. The work to close in the barn took place over a span of two and a half months, from August 19th through November 5th. Once the roof was in place, timelines relaxed a …
Barn Raising: A Roof Overhead
The first sheet of roofing installed on each section requires the greatest care with regard to alignment. Once it is secured it determines how true all successive pieces will run. We rigged a system that included a plywood panel with stop blocks that we could …
Barn Raising: Putting A Roof On It
Roof purlins are the framework that we’ll attach the roofing to. Time to swing a hammer. Marion drives nails (above). Once the purlins are nailed in place, I cut the ends to length. The purlin framework gives the roof a lattice that we’ll climb too …
Barn Raising: Day Nine
The ceremonial topping off with the whetting bush came on the ninth day of the raising, after we’d finished pegging the monitor rafters. In the photo above, I tack a hemlock bow to the highest point, giving thanks to the forest for providing the timber and …
Barn Raising: Day Eight
Now that we were able to lay a sheet of plywood across the newly installed second floor joists, Marion and I were able to work from that platform to hoist and install the common rafters in the monitor. Wait a minute, now. If it’s just …
