The day began when Gary Gould arrived with his boom truck around 10am. Gary and Jason started the work by moving the purlins and other second floor materials to the second floor. When I arrived on the scene after school, Gary and Jason were ready to begin to put up the first rafter. They attached the rafter to the boom truck and began to swing it around into position. This first rafter was pretty tricky to put up due to the funny angle Gary had to approach the house. Thankfully, our friend Bruce arrived just in time to help! After about an hour of careful maneuvering, the rafter was in place.
Cory arrived to relieve Bruce and they began to work on putting up the second rafter. This one went up in just ten minutes! Feeling pretty confident from how easily the second one went up they all agreed to try the third one even though it was after five and beginning to get a bit dark....
If only the third one was so easy! At this point, Jim arrived--thank goodness. We needed an extra set of hands for this one. Two hours into it, the rafter was still not up! Flood lights and truck lights lit up the house site and the mist began to turn into light rain. Joan, Jim's wife Melissa, Jim and Melissa's kids and I sat holding our breath as we watched the rafter move slowly and precariously as the men worked hard to get it into position. Finally, after 7pm, the third one was in place. The guys came down from the second floor, and I assumed they were going to eat the sandwiches, chips and cookies Melissa and I put together for them and call it a night, but nope. They quickly ate their dinners and started to attach the fourth rafter to the truck. Thankfully, this one was not nearly as exciting. It was up in less than 30 minutes.
Now it looks like a real house!
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