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    Here we go again...

    Spring has sprung and I must be bored. So what the hell, I turned my trailer back into a mobile tool crib and drug it out to a spot I had flattened for a Chicken Shack.

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    Fortunately, this one is going to be nothing fancy. I am not even going to put in footings. It is just going to be an 8 by 12 building with a couple windows and a door surrounded by a 6 foot hardware cloth fence. Think something like those Mennonite storage sheds they sell all over the place.

    HOLY CRAP has lumber gotten expensive though!!! I was half tempted to frame the thing with red oak because select red oak is actually cheaper than #2 pine right now!
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    And of course, I had an audience...

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    Read an article about lumber in the Denver area. Prices up 180% for some types
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    I finally got some time to finish framing the walls of the Chicken Shack this afternoon. (I hate it when work intrudes on my building plans.)

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    I figured out a neat trick on this one. Most of you guys probably figured this out years ago but I thought it was cool.

    Historically, whenever I have built buildings I always framed the walls then squared them up on the ground and tacked a scrap board kitty-wumpus across the studs to hold it sort of square when I raised the walls. Then Mrs Inor and I would spend several hours horsing everything into final alignment before nailing on the sheathing and visiting our respective divorce attorneys.

    A few weeks ago Mrs Inor took a dive off a ladder and did a nasty break on one of her fingers. So she has been running at about 80% since and there is no way she would be able to help me doing the pushing and shoving necessary to get all of the walls plumb and square. So I decided to try something a little different on this one.

    Instead of squaring the walls before I put them up, I just got them all raised and clamped together at the corners with Bessy clamps to keep everything mostly vertical. Then we used ratcheting cargo straps to pull everything into perfect alignment. It worked absolutely beautifully! First off, there was very little muscle work, it was all done with the straps. Plus, it only took about an hour total and we had everything perfect. That is definitely a trick that I am going to use in the future!

    So this week, as time permits, I will start framing the roof.
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    Can't wait for more pics Inor!

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    Looks good enough to rent out for weekends.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Big Ken View Post
    Looks good enough to rent out for weekends.
    HAHAHA!!!

    Mrs Inor and I started the rumor that we are building it because we got a deal from the government to put 4 illegal children in it. The government is paying us $1000 per kid per month to house them!

    (There are a couple people in town that work harder than I anybody I have ever seen at not working. They are the type that are always looking for the quick score. It should be freakin hilarious when the rumor finally gets to them!)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Inor View Post
    HAHAHA!!!

    Mrs Inor and I started the rumor that we are building it because we got a deal from the government to put 4 illegal children in it. The government is paying us $1000 per kid per month to house them!

    (There are a couple people in town that work harder than I anybody I have ever seen at not working. They are the type that are always looking for the quick score. It should be freakin hilarious when the rumor finally gets to them!)
    Forget the pics on the chicken roost . . . keep us up to date on that rumor.

    Just wish I was there to promote it.

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    Ok...

    Now come on man.. that’s a damn nice looking building... for chickens...

    Is it for chickens or for you when mrs. inor puts you out?

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    It has been very windy this week, so I did not get as far with the Chicken Shack as I had wanted. But you can at least tell what it is going to look like when completed. All that is left for the building is the siding, moldings and roof.

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    From the inside, I think it looks like a smaller version of Notre Dame (without the ashes and the hoards of smelly French people trying to surrender).

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    I think I will call it "Poulette Dame" because that is French and stuff.
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