Half of the 12 strip lights installed and on.

Half of the 12 strip lights installed and on.

All of the 12 strip lights installed and on.

All of the 12 strip lights installed and on.

DeWalt Saw

Outfeed table

Drill Press

Tools on outfeed table

Some rough wiring

Timer switch for exterior lights

Exterior lights

South side's finished grading.

South side's downspout.

South side's downspout.

West side's finished grading

North side's finished grading

Shop with grading and gutters completed.

North side's gutter

North side's gutter

North side's gutter

View of South gutter.

View of South gutter.

View of South gutter.

View of completed East wall

View of completed East wall

View of completed North wall

South wall's siding completed

South wall's siding completed

West wall's siding completed

West wall's siding halfway done.

Shop with lighting

Soffit in progress. 1x6 and 1x8 installed.

View up the second floor ladder

View of the second floor ladder

Inside view of all four windows installed

Inside view of three of the installed windows

Outside view of all four windows installed

Installed second floor window

Installed second floor window

Inside view of an installed wondow.

Outside view of installed window

Outside view of installed window

Electric panel installed by Hawkins Electric

Close up of electric panel

Power coming into the shop

Trench for birnging power to the shop

Alice working on the ridge vent

Completed South side

Completed North side

Installing shingles

Installing shingles

Installing shingles

Installing shingles

Installed shingles

Installing shingles

Monty and I installing some trim.

Monty and I installing some trim.

A little helper exploring the ladder.

Finishing up a piece of trim.

Finishing up a piece of trim.

Andrea and Alec helping out.

Installing roof sheathing, with Wendy on watch.

Roof sheathing

Alec helping with the roof sheathing.

Inside looking out

Roof sheathing

The view from my future office.

View from above, the second row of sheathing intalled.

Me working on the sheathing.

Me again, working on the sheathing.

More of the sheathing installed.

More of the sheathing installed.

Alice nailing up the Typar

Typar up and wrapped into the doorways

Installing some of the Typar

Dave on the job. We just hooked up the block and tackle on top of the ridge beam.

Close up of the "stud extensions". Since the rafter was offset to the inside of the buidling (don't know how it happened, but that's something else), I added these spacers to extend the studs, so that the sheathing had a level surface to attach to.

There I am, cutting wood.

And here is Joe, crawling into a hole.

Dave working on installing more of the spacers...

and more spacers.

Dave raising some sheathing with the block and tackle. We attached the block and tackle to a C-clamp. We then tightened the C-clamp onto the sheathing. I got the C-clamp idea from the book Working Alone, and it worked like a charm.

I also screwed on "third-hands" to just below where the sheathing panel would sit. Dave would raise the panel to the height of the "hands". While on the second floor, I would then guide the sheathing behind the "hands". I would then tack it in place.

The East side fully sheathed.

Sheathing on the South Wall

Sheathing on the South Wall

Framing for second floor window

Framing for second floor window

Western gable walls studs... and bamboo.

Finished Rafters

Finished Rafters

Installation of rafters

Installation of rafters

Installation of rafters

The shop tented in plastic. The little green things on the sides are the spring clamps.

The shop, covered in snow.

The second floor covered in snow. The 6 mil plastic did a great job protecting the decking.

Monty is marking the rafter spacing on the second half of the ridge beam. The framing you see standing is the temporary support holding the ridge beam in place.

I call this "Framing in Motion" :-) This is a closeup of the temporary support holding the ridge beam.

The entire ridge beam is up with temporary supports.

The entire ridge beam is up with temporary supports.

The last piece of decking glued and nailed.

Trim the decking to the joists.

The framing for the stairwell.

The decking covered with 6 mil plastic.

Long joists connecting to the stairs.

Short joists connecting to the stairs.

Alice nailing up a joist.

More of Alice

Monty walking on walls, nailing joists.

Monty again

Some of the joists nailed to the top plate.

My head is really in this one. ;-)

The shop

East wall with sheathing

6 Yards of ¾ gravel

With 8 inches of rain in two days, the slab was a little wet. I think I might scrap the whole workshop and make a hockey rink instead ;-)

Gravel in the trench

The remains of the gravel pile

Dermott helping to fill the trench.

Judy

Bryan

Bryan and Judy. Awwhhh...

The crew and the first part of the wall up

Alice with the entire wall

Bill and Joe cutting... something.

First half of the North wall.

Bill, Scott and Joe getting ready to lift the second half of the North wall.

Bill and I putting on the top plate.

The entire North wall up.

Three down one to go.

My Mom, niece Hannah and I.

Alice, Mom, and neighbor Johnny lifting a wall section.

My Mom and niece Hannah marking of stud locations.

Hannah staring at the trees.

Raising the wall with Alice, my nephew Dyland, and Mom.

Raising the wall with Alice, my nephew Dyland, and Mom.

Teaching the youngin's.

Nailing up a frame.

Sister Lauren and Alice framing.

South Wall with extra braces added.

Jon, Monty and I working on the first wall section.

Jon, Monty and I working on the first wall section.

Jon working on the first wall section.

Jon, Monty and I working on the first wall section.

The finished South wall.

The finished South wall.

The finished South wall.

Pilot hole for the anchors

Foundation with the sill sealer in place

Sill Plate in place with some anchors working.

A shot of the anchors I am using to attach the sill plate.

Sill sealer along the west foundation wall

Trench dug with fillter fabric and drain pipe.

Trench partially covered with gravel.

That's me grinding away on the rebar.

A shot of the incomplete drainage trench

The poured slab

Concrete truck in my neighbor's driveway.

A worker hauling concrete from truck to slab.

Mesh and rebar ready for the pour.

Mesh and rebar ready for the pour.

Mesh and rebar ready for the pour.

Matamoros Construction putting down stone.

Matamoros Construction putting down stone.

Another course on the block wall.

More block in place.

More block.

Matamoros Construction at work.

Matamoros Construction at work.

Matamoros Construction at work.

Sandro and his crew at work.

Sandro and his crew at work.

Sandro and his crew at work.

Block wall being built.

Block wall being built.

Block wall being built.

Pile o' sand.

The construction site.

Prep work for the slab.

Prep work for the slab.

Prep work for the slab.

Water in the South West corner of the footing trench.

Water in the North West corner of the footing trench.

Water in the South West corner of the footing trench.

End of shovel to show how much water was in the trench.

My second attempt at covering the foundation with plastic.

My second attempt at covering the foundation with plastic.

A row of doors from Second Chance

Stacks of flooring from Second Chance

The footer trench covered in plastic

The footer trench covered in plastic

Materials on People's truck

Materials on People's truck

First floor materials

First floor materials

Materials stacked and wrapped

Materials stacked and wrapped

Rebar in foundation footings

Rebar in foundation footings

Foundation: Footing Excavation

Foundation: Footing Excavation

Foundation: Footing Excavation

Foundation: Footing Excavation

Foundation: Footing Excavation

Sawhorse

Sawhorses stacked

Port-a-potty

Port-a-potty