by jadegil6 » Wed Sep 30, 2015 4:58 pm
I had a hard one yesterday. I am rebuilding a fire-damaged building, and I have the roof off, and started putting the pre-engineered trusses onto the roof (2 story) with a crane. I tried loading them by hand with 8 men, but couldn't do it because they are just too heavy. The crane was $125 per hour, and it took 10 hours with that, so $1,250.00. I have a 7 man crew now, with 2 new men who started today. Both are highly experienced framing carpenters, and I hope that we can get the framing finished and the roof decking on by this time next week. Work goes slower when you get off the ground, and it can be dangerous work. I am no longer climbing like I did when I was younger, and I just give orders from the floor or ground, and let these younger guys climb and nail. I do climb on the ladders, and nail what I can from them, but I will no longer walk rafters or get on the roof. There is still lots I can do from the ground, especially cutting the wood as needed. I will be so glad when this roof is on because it is super stressful these days. I am hoping that I can get the roof on before it rains again. Plus it is still so hot here. We tied a record of 95 F today that was set in 1922 for today's date (9-30) .