Sheeting Death

Back to work on the Forest Management Office (FMO) at the Deerwood Estate yesterday. The blackflies started to bite around 7 pm and I finished the day at 8:30 pm.

With the fourth wall up in the morning, I went on to nail all of the plywood sheeting on. It was a bit of a challenge to put the top row of plywood on and figured out a way to do it from the inside of the structure.

That meant screwing a 2x6 board (jack) on the outside wall where the bottom of the plywood would be nailed to the wall studs. After pre-nailing the plywood, I'd hoist the sheet up and over the inside wall, while climbing the ladder.

A pre-nailed plywood sheet before it's set on the outside wall.

The final up-and-over moment was a little death defying as the weight of the ply pulled me up the final ladder step and white knuckled the sheet down the outside wall to rest on the 2x6 jack - if I was lucky. Holding onto the sheet as it levered over the top meant some anxious moments.

They say there's no plywood hoisting atheists. And Jesus was a carpenter!

All of this may not seem like much to accomplish in a day, but it's all hand nailed (every six inches) and hand sawn. So...phhhttttt!

Now it's time to start the roof.