The framing for the new workshop is underway. I'm doing as much myself as I can, both because until the shop is up and running I'm operating without an income of my own and because I want to.
so standing up walls alone is a bit of a challenge. I got help for some of them, but I worked out a way to lift even big walls singlehandedly.
pics on flickr:
Ingenuity is a wonderful thing.
How long until you think you will be done?
Where there's a will, there's a way, eh? Looks like something I'd pull. I work alone as well. Easier and less dangerous that way. ;-)
Greg G.
You can work hard or you can work smart.
Had I gone the traditional route and got friends/family to help me, there would have been a very good chance of someone getting hurt. The way I did it, had something gone wrong, only a few 2 by's would have been damaged.
LdB
Nice pic. Would those be the Catalina Mts in the background? Looks awful familiar to me. Art
I'm hoping to be done, oh, about a year ago. the delays have been many and obstreperous. this project is more than just the shop- there are some porches connecting to buildings and a fairly radical reframing or both of those roofs. I have a month or two to go on this, anyhow.
many hands make light work, or so they say. the first wall wouldn't have been easy to raise this way, so I got a small crowd of guys for the lift. it was definitely quicker, but as it was a finger got a bit smashed. no big damages, but with a bunch of guys running around the potential is there.
yep, them's the Catalinas.
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