{"id":809,"date":"2020-06-05T17:43:28","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T21:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/?p=809"},"modified":"2020-07-31T22:38:55","modified_gmt":"2020-08-01T02:38:55","slug":"final-walls-ridge-beam-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/final-walls-ridge-beam-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Walls & Ridge Beam Up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today the final walls and the ridge beam went up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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New Hampshire has very rocky soil. We built that rock wall almost entirely of stones that were excavated while digging the trench for electrical service to the studio.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This evening my son and I spread the rest of the gravel pile, making a nice area in front of the studio that won’t be muddy when it rains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This was as far as I could get on my own. The walls were simply too heavy to lift on my own. I tried.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I cleaned up the work area and attached Tyvek to the last wall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As the walls went up we started to get a good sense of the space.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ryan and Abby came by and helped my wife and I lift the final walls into place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Abby ensured the wall didn’t tip over while I attached the secondary top-plate.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Once the walls were up, I put top-plates on that overlapped the end walls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The side walls are still not quite plumb, but they are also not fully attached yet.. I’ll have to make some final adjustments and attach them all the way.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Now we finally have lots of floor space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Once you cut this ridge beam, there’s no going back.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Next was to get the ridge beam up. We did some final measurements twice using a measuring tape and a laser, just to be sure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This ridge beam is a 25.25 ft. long 3.5 in x 9.5 in. LVL rated for more than three times the weight I estimate will ever be on it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We carefully measured the center of the ridge beam, ensuring we could raise it with just one hoist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This beam is incredibly stiff. Ryan was eager to try it out.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Once we got it high enough, we rested it on the header while we setup to move it into the final position. It was immediately rock solid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The hoist sling was actually wedged under the rafters, making the final 1\/4 in. of movement into the pocket nearly impossible. We realized this later on.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Two people on a ladder sitting atop the second stage of scaffolding platform that’s already 10ft off the ground was uncomfortable, but Ryan and I successfully moved the ridge beam into the pockets of each end wall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today the final walls and the ridge beam went up. This evening my son and I spread the rest of the gravel pile, making a nice area in front of the studio that won’t be muddy when it rains. I cleaned up the work area and attached Tyvek to the last wall. Ryan and Abby […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":822,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[9],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809"}],"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=809"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1143,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809\/revisions\/1143"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}