{"id":873,"date":"2020-06-13T21:38:51","date_gmt":"2020-06-14T01:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/?p=873"},"modified":"2020-07-31T22:40:02","modified_gmt":"2020-08-01T02:40:02","slug":"rafters-mostly-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/rafters-mostly-done\/","title":{"rendered":"Rafters Mostly Done"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Peter and Ryan helped me put up rafters today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/trevor-cutting-rafters.jpeg\" title=\"Trevor cutting rafters\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/trevor-cutting-rafters-600x450.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-878\" srcset=\"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/trevor-cutting-rafters-600x450.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/trevor-cutting-rafters-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/trevor-cutting-rafters-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/trevor-cutting-rafters.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>The material is so large, it&#8217;s easier to use a handheld circular saw than maneuver the boards into place to use the miter saw.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We marked, cut and attached hangers to rafters on the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/peter-attaching-a-rafter-to-the-ridge-beam.jpeg\" title=\"Peter attaching a rafter to the ridge beam\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Attaching-Rafters-600x450.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-874\"\/><\/a><figcaption>The rafters attach to the ridge beam using metal rafter hangers attached with structural screws.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then attached them to the ridge beam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ryan-face-nailing-a-rafter-to-an-end-wall.jpeg\" title=\"Ryan face nailing a rafter to an end wall\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Face-Nailing-End-Rafter-600x450.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-875\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Ryan is trying his best not to flinch when using the nail gun.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We face-nailed rafters to the end walls to make them stiffer and provides a drywall backer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/rafters-attached-to-the-ridge-beam.jpeg\" title=\"Rafters attached to the ridge beam\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Rafters-Mostly-Attached-600x450.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-877\"\/><\/a><figcaption>I was 2 hangers short and they were special-order parts, so I&#8217;ll have to fill those in when the hangers arrive.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With the rafters mostly up, we could get a feel for the final dimensions of the space for the first time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peter and Ryan helped me put up rafters today. We marked, cut and attached hangers to rafters on the ground. Then attached them to the ridge beam. We face-nailed rafters to the end walls to make them stiffer and provides a drywall backer. With the rafters mostly up, we could get a feel for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":877,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7,9],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873"}],"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=873"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1160,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873\/revisions\/1160"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}