Up, up and away!
Mimi, Pop, Aunt Laurie and Uncle Michael came up for the holiday weekend to help out. Grandma Lana got a break from the kids, as we brought them up with us, figuring that with all of us, someone could have an eye on them at any given time. The beginning of Saturday was spent getting everything uncovered and then a bit of maintenance. While Wendy and Pop got the chop saw back in shape (it had suffered som rust from being left in the basement for a few weekends, even though it was under cover), Laurie, Michael and Mimi were setup to start staining the siding.
We chose to go with a semi transparent stain from Behr, in a color called Redwood. We want a barn red, but what the paint companies call barn red varies wildly, from way too tomato red colored to way too purple red colored. The Redwood looked like what we want on the chip, so we bought it and went for the gusto. We went with the transparent, because while it lasts less time, you can see the wood grain, and what we haven't liked about seing this vertical siding on other houses is that it looks funky with a layer of paint on it. Fortunately the color is really nice, especially up against the container, which is a similar green to what out roof will be!
Meanwhile, I made a drying rack for the siding from a couple of 2x4s and some strapping. This was to allow for more boards to dry at once than the method we used with the decking. I also finally got our sawdust toilet constructed and setup in the basement (behind a hanging tarp, for some privacy) which seemed appropriate with the number of people we had onsite this weekend.
After lunch, we cut the first upstairs bent, assembled it on the upper deck, and experienced the horror of raising 12 foot wide bents on a 12 foot wide second story platform and installing them on the end of the desk. After much vertigo, we set the bent and braced it in place. One bent down, six to go!
Sunday, we set Pop and Michael on the saw cutting bent pieces, while Mimi and Laurie stained and kept an eye on the children. Wendy and I went up on the deck and assembled the bents. We had two more assembled and lifted in place by the time of Emmet's birthday party. We took it over to the park and had hot dogs and cupcakes by the lake.
By time we finished up there it was after 6. My family packed it up to drive back downstate, while we went back to the land with Grandpa Tom and Grandma Lana. We got a couple more boards measured and things cleaned up before taking off for home ourselves.
We chose to go with a semi transparent stain from Behr, in a color called Redwood. We want a barn red, but what the paint companies call barn red varies wildly, from way too tomato red colored to way too purple red colored. The Redwood looked like what we want on the chip, so we bought it and went for the gusto. We went with the transparent, because while it lasts less time, you can see the wood grain, and what we haven't liked about seing this vertical siding on other houses is that it looks funky with a layer of paint on it. Fortunately the color is really nice, especially up against the container, which is a similar green to what out roof will be!
Meanwhile, I made a drying rack for the siding from a couple of 2x4s and some strapping. This was to allow for more boards to dry at once than the method we used with the decking. I also finally got our sawdust toilet constructed and setup in the basement (behind a hanging tarp, for some privacy) which seemed appropriate with the number of people we had onsite this weekend.
After lunch, we cut the first upstairs bent, assembled it on the upper deck, and experienced the horror of raising 12 foot wide bents on a 12 foot wide second story platform and installing them on the end of the desk. After much vertigo, we set the bent and braced it in place. One bent down, six to go!
Sunday, we set Pop and Michael on the saw cutting bent pieces, while Mimi and Laurie stained and kept an eye on the children. Wendy and I went up on the deck and assembled the bents. We had two more assembled and lifted in place by the time of Emmet's birthday party. We took it over to the park and had hot dogs and cupcakes by the lake.
By time we finished up there it was after 6. My family packed it up to drive back downstate, while we went back to the land with Grandpa Tom and Grandma Lana. We got a couple more boards measured and things cleaned up before taking off for home ourselves.
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