Saturday Activity

The place is really rockin today! This is the sound of demolition....the Thud Thud of heavy mallets and the "krick" of boards being pried off. The sound of a Renaissance Faire dying....
I got the roof off, and the rafters for the dormers came off, though not without a struggle. Mattie, Dave's son, was watching me the whole time, and every time a piece of wood would crash down, he would yell out "Oy Vey! Timber!" I like Mattie....
There is a crane truck on site, and Brenda is checking out his hourly rates. I didn't think I would need a crane truck, but I wonder if it would be useful. Might be better than using an engine hoist chain fall. Hard to say. Next week, the beams will be coming down. Today, I pried off the nice grey barn boards from the front of the building. It looks very bare now.
Mood......don't ask.....
Bill

Racoons, Blue Jays.

Pretty! impressive work by Paul, my truck driver. He slotted that container right onto the spot first time! Boy oh boy, is it ever big. Now, after two weeks of loading it with pieces of deck and rails, we are starting to wonder if it will be big enough. Oh well, its only a third full now, and the big beams are due to come down next week. Still a little scared of that project.
For those who are coming into this blog late...Brenda and I are taking apart my post and beam building in Milton. It has been up now for almost 8 years, and has provided a fine home for the local wasps, racoons, and chipmunks. This is a big job, and I'll try to get pictures up here in a week or so of the carnage. So far, nobody has been hurt...a good thing.
Dave E showed up day before yesterday, and we went to a Blue Jays game. Pretty neat, never been to a game before. St Louis Cardinals. A lovely stroll up Queen street, a bloody lousy veggie dog.
The roof is all off...the dormers are coming down today. I'm tired all ready, and have not even begun the day!