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Excavating the site
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Just like diggin' fireline
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Betsy gives it a try
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Putting gravel on top of the landscaping cloth
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Look at those guns
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Early stages of leveling
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Dave (front) and Ken securing the floor frame to the skids
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Ken (left) and Dave (right)
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The stakes mark where the underground sprinkler pipes run under the shed
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Covered from the rain during the week
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Its level
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Using deck screws where the corners of the sheeting meet
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Laying out the bottom plates for the walls
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Raising the first wall
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Camera pose
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Dave chews on nails
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Checking wall alignment
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Kapow
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Take a break and looking at the plans
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Chop chop
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Assembling a wall
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Heck yeah it looks good
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Nailing the top plates together
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Quick winter storm blowing past
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That first set of rafters proved difficult
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Mindy and Ro are supervising
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Work fast Dave, this is getting heavy
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Setting the back end of the ridge
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Stubborn nail was too much for this hammer made in China
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Securing a rafter
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Starting to look like a roof
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Yep, shorts on December 27
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Right....... here
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Setting up the gable overhang
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Nice fit
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Test-fitting the facia boards
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Lining the facia boards flush with the roof decking
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Facia is mitred and done. Getting some decking in place. Getting dark out.
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Our neighbor brought over some fish he cought the day before. Mmmm
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Nailing the decking
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Betsy's 'upskirt' shot
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Sometimes the pneumatic nailer doesn't "get it done"
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New year's Day 2009. Almost done with the decking
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Victory - decking finished
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Start the morning by rolling out the roofing felt
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Dave approves
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Dana "lost a screw". Under the porch?
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Finishing the "drip edge"
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Walking on the roofing felt made it wrinkle - something to avoid
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Dave, Ken, and Dana (left to right)
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Dana starts the first course of shingles
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Dana and Ken shingle the back side
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Sunday it dropped to 44 degrees
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Installing nailers for the soffits
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Prepping to install soffit covers
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Nailing soffit covers in place
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Installing soffit vents
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Dave came over to help
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Betsy and Dave align a soffit cover
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Test fitting the first piece of siding
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Getting more siding up
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Betsy and Ken
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Betsy primed most of the siding
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Test fitting the door frame
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Dave and I built the doors in his garage the day before
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Door frame finished - test fitting doors
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Test fitting gable vent
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Siding the gable walls
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Mindy handling the detail cut on the jigsaw
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Betsy and Ro supervising
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Installing hinges
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Doors finished
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Installing trim
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Installing trim
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Looking good
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Installing door hardware
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Betsy painting the wall
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Painting the door
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Painting the door
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Wood rack
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Shelf
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Finished!
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Finished!
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