Title: Foundations
Description: Building site has been prepped and leveled and foundations have been layed.
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Title: Framing underway - side view
Description: Weather has been a challange but managed to get a couple of good days to get the framing substantially underway finally.
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Title: Framing - South side view
Description: The header/ledger is lower on this wall as it's the south facing wall and will have a fold down section to allow maximum access to the southern horizon.
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Title: Framing - South facing side
Description: That tree to the left of the building is not in the long term plans, hoping to be abe to relocate as it's a nice Sycamore tree.
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Title: Phase 2 - Base framing
Description: Base framing continued with addition of wall girts and cross support for roof support section.
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Title: Phase 2 - Base framing (continued)
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Title: Phase 2 - Base framing (Continued)
Description: Base framing and skit wall rough in complete, top beams for rails installed and ready.
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Title: Phase 2 - Base framing (Continued)
Description: Rough framing for base complete, rail support beams for complete.
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Title: Phase 3 - Trolley assemblies
Description: These were the longest and heaviest components to construct for my project, each one approximately 26' 8" long and made from multiple 2x4's and 2x6's. Lifting into place was definitely a moment of high anxiety! ;-)
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Title: Phase 3 - Trolley installation
Description: Installation of trolleys onto rails
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Title: Phase 4 - Truss installation
Description: In order to meet county code for my area, I went with an engineered truss package from 84 lumber.
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Title: Phase 4 - Truss installation
Description: First truss in place......14 more to go!
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Title: Phase 4 - Truss installation
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Title: Phase 4 - Truss installation
Description: All trusses installed!
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Title: Phase 4 - Truss Installation
Description: The moment of truth........first test of rolling the roof back!!! :-) (We reached this point as the sun was going down on Sunday 11/19)
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Title: Phase 4b - Roof Purlins
Description: Addition of roof purlins. (12/8/23)
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Title: Phase 5 - Concrete floor day came early!!
Description: I've done everything but the concrete work for my project, and we had a warm week mid December so when my concrete contractor called and said he could pour the floor at the end of that week (12/16) I was sold! (Was fearing it would be spring before that was going to happen if the weather stayed cold like it had been forecasted to do.)
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Title: Phase 6 - Roof on!
Description: I call this one the "Fully loaded" roll back test....as the roof is now almost at it's full weight with just gable siding & trim to be added. (02/3/24)
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Title: Phase 7 - Walls up!
Description: Shealthing added to three of four walls, with the doors wall next. (2/3/24)
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Title: Phase 7b - Door wall and Tyvek!
Description: Finished the door wall with rough in's ready for doors, and wrapped walls in Tyvek in prep for finishing work next. (2/18/24)
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Title: Phase 7c - Fold down wall installed
Description:
Just completed installing the south facing fold down wall on Sunday 2/25/24. Decided to add to 8' translucent insulated panels to allow diffuse light in during daytime hours for when working in the observatory with the roof on and to reduce some of the weigh of the wall given it's just over 20 feet in length!
Up next is door installations....then it's down to trim/siding and finishing work! :-)
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