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November 2006
Journal
Here's a list of November happenings, excluding 20' Yurt Raising. Photos at bottom.
11/02/06 - Thursday
275.04 Materials transport
- Miscellaneous yurtraising materials
- time: 15 min
228.20 Buy scaffolding
- Continued disassembly in 30' yurt
- time: 0.5 hrs
11/03/06 - Friday
228.20 Buy scaffolding
- Completed disassembly in 30' yurt
- Vacuumed, finally!
- time: 3 hrs
275.04 Materials transport
- unloaded stuff in Xterra
- time: 15 min
213.04 attach decking
- Chris cut more boards Cass had marked
- time: 1 hr
11/04/06 - Saturday
213.01 Posts + Beams (Deck)
- Chris attached beam and joists
- time: 3 hrs
275.04 materials transport
- doors, lattice, center ring, and rafter supports transported via Vermoose
- time: 5 hrs
11/05/06 - Sunday
213.04 attach decking
- Chris cut more boards
- time: 2 hrs
275.04 materials transport
- Chris unloaded doors and center ring, then he and Cass moved all but rafters up to the site.
- time: 3 hrs
213.01 Posts + Beams (Deck)
11/6/06 - Monday
Notes:
213.04 attach decking
- cleaned up and sealed cut boards, organized and started screwing them into joists/beams by 20'
- Time: 6.75hrs
11/7/06 - Tuesday
Notes:
- heavy equipment working loudly (and more importantly, closeby) and cass in yurt all day until done. She went uptop to work with headlamp afterwards until rain started.
213.04 attach decking
- more boards screwed in by 20'
- Time: 2hrs
20' Yurt Raising, 11/8/06 - 11/12/06
Details and photos here
11/13/06 - Monday
Notes:
- Rainy. Cass not feeling well; past days has caught up. Work outside getting wet undesirable. C+C need to regroup with regards to finishing yurt raising.
213.15 yurt raising
- got wet paper up off floor and into garbage bag, using as best could to sop up water (since no dry rags onsite).
- Time: 0.5hr
11/14/06 - Tuesday
Notes:
- No site work. Rain. Break in rain used for gathering kindling and raking leaves out of ditches.
11/15/06 - Wednesday
Notes:
- Not raining but sure looks like it will rain and everything is soaked, wet, puddles. Makes for yucky construction and also is very very buggy. Had to return to yurt for lunch. Spent while raking more leaves out of ditches. Then also sweeping off deck a
213.04 attach decking
- Cut boards attached, marked next joist bay, select and mark boards for fill-in between yurts.
- Time: 3.25hr
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11/17/06 - Friday
213.15 Raise 20/30' yurts
- worked on figurin' out what is wrong. Measured some stuff, seems top cover is too small. Called Pacific Yurts, they want to help us fix problem and asked us to send pix. Waiting for reply.
- time: 3 hrs
11/18/06 - Saturday
275.04 materials transport
- remaining deck boards loaded onto vermoose
- time: 45 min
213.04 attach decking
- Cass marked boards for cutting and joists for placement
- Cass learned use of the circular saw; she and Chris cut more boards.
- Cass prepped cut boards for sealing
- time: 4.25 hrs
11/19/06 - Sunday
275.04 materials transport
- deck boards taken up top, unloaded, and stacked on deck
- time: 2.5 hrs
213.01 Posts + Beams (Deck)
- Three beams affixed
- time: 4.5 hrs
213.04 attach decking
- Sanded and sealed cut boards
- marked next cuts
- laid out ready boards for screwing
- time: 3 hrs
11/20/06 - Monday
Notes:
- grey again. (which means no warmth while working!)
213.04 attach decking
- marked boards, screwed in all cut boards, marked blocking boards
- Time: 5hrs
275.04 materials transport
- carried 2*8's up top (good warm-up breaks)
- Time: 0.25hr
11/21/06 - Tuesday
Notes:
Sun. Woohoo. Still cold though, some areas w/ice never even melted.
275.04 materials transport
- carried 2*8's up top (good warm-up breaks)
- Time: 0.5hr
213.01 posts + beams (deck)
- made built-up beams, got chris' beam from over weekend squared up, measured and marked joists for that, got next beam on north side lined up
- Time: 3.75hrs
11/22/06 - Wednesday
275.04 materials transport
- Moved 2*8 boards
- Moved floorboard remnants from under 20' yurt to deck to dry, then into 30' yurt for inside building tasks
- time: 2.5 hrs
213.34 winterize
- Covered water pipes @ utility shed site...hope they don't freeze!
- time: 1 hr
213.01 Posts + Beams (Deck)
- Raised another post, only six to go!
- Set another beam
- Attached bracing
- Built up beams
- time: 4 hrs
213.04 attach decking
- More boards cut
- Test fit, sanded and sealed cut boards
- Attached boards on north side
- time: 5.5 hrs
11/24/06 - Black Friday
Notes:
- No money was spent by C&C today!
213.01 Posts + Beams (Deck)
- last six deck posts cut and placed
- two more beams built up, might be the last oof built up beams
- three joists set
- blocking near 20' yurt installed
- time: 6.75 hrs
213.27 (MLA/Deck) shape ground for drainage/lay gravel/stone over site:
- put gravel on deck area prior to putting up remaining beams
- time: 1.75 hrs
275.04 materials transport
- more board moving: joists and beams from shed, floorboards to 30' yurt
- time: 1.75 hrs
11/25/06 - Saturday
Notes:
- Did some miscellaneous site cleanup in prep for arrival of snow
213.01 Posts + Beams (Deck)
- C&C squared up two sections in order to see how close the two sections of deck will come together in back of the yurts
- time: 2 hrs
11/26/06 - Sunday
213.04 attach decking
- More boards cut, sanded, sealed
- Cass attached boards to SW corner and is nearing the turn toward the back stretch
- time: 5.25 hrs
213.34 winterize
- Cleaned up cement-related tools and supplies
- time: 0.5 hrs
213.01 Posts + Beams (Deck)
- Chris discovers that ten of the twelve on-hand 45 degree joist hangers angle the wrong way. D'oh!
- The north and south sides of the deck can be square to each other with a bit of tweaking to the posts. Yippee!
- time: 4 hrs
Photos
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