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26 Feb. 2009268 viewsIt's been a week now since they started working on the roof steel and now we finally can see a shape. This work is some of the most difficult I've seen on my place and the sun is not relenting at all. Very hot every day and the scaffold work can't be easypklongball
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Box Beams242 viewsA little closer look at the welds that hold the beam section togetherpklongball
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26 Feb. 2009241 viewsA view of the back of the place and now a shape is apparent.pklongball
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21 Feb 2009229 viewsCloser view of the steel work to date.pklongball
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Box Beams228 views17 Feb 2009 They started the day measuring the "C" channel and cutting to length and welding pieces together to get the correct lengths and then sandwiched two pieces together to make a bx beam. Each length will span several columns to form the support for the rest of the roof structure.pklongball
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The roof begins227 views18 Feb 2009 second day of roof work. The first section of the steel box beam is raised into position and then welded. Many more to go but we have a good start.pklongball
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The roof begins225 viewsThis was day one of the roof beginning. 2 men and a younger man showed up with tools, welders, some scaffolding and started work assembling our roof. I'm guessing 10 days to 2 weeks to complete the steel work and get ready for the tile.pklongball
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Raising the Roof224 viewsSecond day of the roof build and we have some progress. 2 beams are now in place and by the end of the day at least 5 will be welded in place. Some other work also started on the forms for the front steps by the old foundation/beam teampklongball
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Box Beams222 viewsHere we have a completed section of the box beam.pklongball
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26 Feb 2009219 viewsHere we have a look from in one of the rooms showing one of the "steel workers"pklongball
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21 Feb 2009218 viewsThe crawl space access is being closed in also. First a small footing is built then some blocking will be added. I also told him I wanted some vents in this area on bouth sides of the house for getting some fresh air under the house. The vents will be built to keep any and all the unwanted "guests" from entering the space.pklongball
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