Project History 2000

We started framing the storage room at the north end of the garage early in the spring.

We had good help to pour the cement for the garage/shop floor.

Ted and Ken Wilson helped for four weekends with the concert. Floyd Wilson also helped for a weekend.

Kodi and Kris were the lead gravel and cement mixers.

We poured the buildings slab floor in four 24' x 12' sections.

The concrete was 4 to 6 inches deep.

Kodi and Kris worked on the fire pit when were not pouring cement.

The Wilson’s, Ken, Ted, and Floyd were a great help.

Chuck ran the tractor to dump the cement.

Kris and Kodi had extra duties. They always had lunch ready for the crew.

We even had help from the Ken Wilson’s grandchild. Brad Wilson’s son Stetson jumped right in.

Chuck was the expert with the trowels.

We used the tractor to raise the walls.

The walls were built in sections and were set on the anchor bolts imbedded in the concrete of the cinder block.

The sheathing or sub-siding was7/16” wafer board.

After the sheathing, the building was ready for the trusses.

Perry's truss design was stress tested by a Boise truss company who then custom built the trusses.

A jig to raise the trusses by the tractor was designed by Chuck.

The trusses were raised in four hours with the Wilson crew back to help.

Ted, Ken, and Perry mounted the trusses while Kodi, Kris, and Chuck loaded they on the tractor jig.

Ted and Ken were worked the top while Perry provided materials needed and set the bottoms.

The sheathing and felt paper job was an experience. The roof pitch had a 60% bottom pitch and 30% pitch at the top.

Steps of 2 x 4's were necessary to stay on the building.

After the sheathing, a 30lb felt paper was applied.

Then the building was house rapped.

Kodi and Kris finished the fire pit.

They really did a nice job. The only thing Perry did was set the cinder block and wires. The girls did the finish work.

Rest time was good time. Even the dogs enjoyed the breaks.

Break time was to admire the day’s work and rest the backs.

The garage ends were framed.

Then they were house rapped.

The 24 x 60 building make far a good-sized shop 24' x 22 and a garage area of 24' x 26'. The upstairs area was 14 x 48.

The garage doors and enterence doors were installed. The building was ready for the winter. The siding and metal roofing was schedule for spring.