Baymule's Pigs 2018 HEREFORDS!

[baymule]

Thanks! Notice the rubber boots both girls are wearing? They LOVE those boots!

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Making progress! DH is gonna be surprised when he gets home and you've made such great progress on this!

 

[CrealCritter]

Today I put up 2x8’s on the sides, at the top. I had 8’ 2x4’s and cut off pieces, so I cobbled them together and made my rafters. Once again I used 2 ladders to hold up the boards.

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I got all my scrappy rafters made and put up. I’m tired. Tomorrow I’ll deck it, cover with tar paper and put tin on it. I climbed a ladder to snap a pic of the top.

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Hey there do yourself a couple of big favors. Nail a full length 2x4 to the sill and tight under the the joist tails. That will stiffen the ends of the joists and help prevent them from falling under heavy weight. Also to prevent the center of the floor sagging, add a purling / some times called a summer beam under the length of the floor. Add a pier in the center of the summer beam also. You can.make a summer.beam by nailing several boards together to get the length like you did on the joists.

I wished I were there to help. I love pounding together buildings. It's not work to me.

 

[sumi]

It's looking good so far baymule!

 

[baymule]

Nope, he is somewhere in Colorado tonight. Tomorrow they will go through Denver. When they get home, they will have gone through 8 states.

I am bone tired. Robert and Sharon invited me to go eat with them at their favorite Chinese restaurant tonight. I was hungry and hit the buffet twice and again for dessert.

 

[CrealCritter]

Awesome work and now I see it a roof. Completely my mistake

 

[frustratedearthmother]

That will be cool! You try those star plate things out and let me know how they work!

 

[Farmer Connie]

 

[baymule]

Yesterday and today we worked on the Hawg Hut and pen. I put together more boards and got ready to put tin up. DH and Robert built H braces and stretched a span of wire.

I squared up the corners with slightly used 2x6’s.

I got my jigsaw puzzle assembled of scraps ready to run tin tomorrow.

Time to pound T-Posts.

 

[baymule]

That hut is the bee's knees

Thanks. It's kinda low ceiling, but what the heck, pigs have short legs.

Notice the extra flap of tin hanging off the roof? My husband asked me why I did that and I told him that's poor peoples edge trim. After I put up the sides, I'll fold it over the edge and screw it down.