On Saturday my father put out the call for help. Seems he wanted to erect a new car port and he had the eight beams in the ground and lumber and trusses had been delivered. I like to jump at these opportunities because they are so different than my normal job and getting outside and using hand tools and working with muscle power is a nice change. I wouldn't want to do it all the time though!
I got there around 9am and we had to start with the header around the top of the support beams, 28' on the sides and 20 feet along the front and back. There was some confusion about what height to put them at and at one point a chainsaw was involved, but we managed.
Once the header was up, then the task of the 13 trusses to go up began. My uncle Mike and I hammering them onto the header on one side, my father and uncle Steve on the other side. That part went faster then I expected. With the rafters up, we started with the strapping across the top that the metal roofing would be nailed to.
By the end of the day, we had accomplished a lot despite one rain storm and lots of wind.
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