Post & Beam's require strong friends

We put up the remaining posts on Thursday/Friday and waited for brute strength to arrive in order to tackle the ridge beam (6 3/4" x 12" x 16'). Thanks to Paul, Scott, Scott, and Scott!








They also helped set the rafters in place. It took the next couple hours to get everything bolted down.


And we moved on to the 2x6 cedar roofing...

We have walls!

Well after the slot cutting fiasco, Angie was itching to actually see some progress (and use some of the materials we received on Wednesday)! So first order of business was to mount (lag bolt) the post to our new slots. 8" lags should hold it.



That went smoothly and we started with the first wall. This was tricky since the deck is not square, but after some careful measurements we convinced ourselves that the corners were square and we were off and running. We braced it up as we went and kept checking our layout lines. Lo and behold, after a few hours we had walls.










Starting to look like something now. Those two end walls are one piece each and heavy. Its back to work tomorrow, but next weekend we should be able to install the remaining posts, hopefully get some beams installed (if we find some strong backs to help), and maybe get a few rafters up. Stay tuned...