{"id":647,"date":"2020-05-23T18:36:49","date_gmt":"2020-05-23T22:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/?p=647"},"modified":"2020-07-31T22:37:24","modified_gmt":"2020-08-01T02:37:24","slug":"three-walls-raised","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/three-walls-raised\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Walls Raised"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today we raised the first end wall and built and raised two side walls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As I had hoped, the wall remained rigid enough, but it did bend a little at the sides.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It was a little tense a the wall lifted. The balloon framing design gave the wall lateral strength.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Once the hoists reach a certain angle they became tricky to operate without standing in no-man’s-land.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

First we lifted the gable-end wall. The chain hoists worked great, raising the wall to about 45\u00ba as expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The higher we got the wall, the longer the boards needed to be. Eventually we had 12 ft. boards just dangling down all over the place.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Next, as we pushed the wall the rest of the way up with long boards as we let out the chain hoists slowly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As we went for the final push, there was a lot of running around and stress levels were rising quickly.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Once it was vertical we started working on bracing to keep it there. Peter brought a hammer drill so we used some concrete screws to anchor the supports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We had to make room for the other walls to be built, so we braced it only in the center.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

With the first wall up and braced, we were ready to assemble the second and third walls, which are smaller and much easier to raise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Peter’s 12″ miter saw was very nice to use. I’m now convinced I need to get a larger miter saw.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We then cut and laid out the materials for the side walls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Adam suggested the header would be much easier to assemble separately than piece by piece in the wall. I was inclined to agree.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Adam arrived and helped assemble the side walls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Each wall used exactly three and a half 4×8 sheets of OSB, requiring only one rip-cut cut for the two walls combined.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We covered the walls with OSB and Tyvek for structure and moisture control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We placed some boards under the end of the wall before lifting it all the way. That was if we had to drop it our toes wouldn’t get crushed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

These walls were much easier to erect. Adam, Peter and I were able to lift them into place without any special tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The top-plates were designed to overlap, creating a strong bond between the walls.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We aligned the wall to the guides on the floor and tacked it into place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The bracing left some pits in the floor, but they will be easy to fill.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The structure was now stable enough to remove the bracing. I later added a ratchet strap at the top, just for peace of mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I also took a moment to teach my son how to hammer a nail into a board.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I then moved some things around to make room for the next three walls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today we raised the first end wall and built and raised two side walls. It was a little tense a the wall lifted. The balloon framing design gave the wall lateral strength. First we lifted the gable-end wall. The chain hoists worked great, raising the wall to about 45\u00ba as expected. Next, as we pushed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":651,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[8,7,9],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=647"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1221,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647\/revisions\/1221"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}