Double-checking the dimensions before
sheathing and erecting.
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South and west walls up.
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Breaktime for the builders.
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Three walls up around the observing
room.
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We erected the south, east and west
walls around the observing room and warm room, then fabricated the
roof trusses on the flat and then erected the midwall and north
wall. The midwall ties things together and provides an important
way to lock-in the critical width of the top plate.
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Looking north before the midwall or
north wall are in place. The warm room wall has been framed for a
couple of small awning windows.
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The west wall of the warm room has
been framed for a couple of large casement windows that will look
over the Hudson Valley to the Catskill Mountains. The six-foot
level and a water level were critical - could have used them a
little more often!
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The chop saw was another invaluable
timesaver. The midwall is up and windows cut, but no north
wall.
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Rick in the observing room right after
I cut the window opening in the midwall. I'll be able to keep an
eye on the scope from the laptop in the warm room.
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Window openings have been cut for the
casements in the west wall of the observing room.
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