Well Staged

Staging was put up around the well house so the roof sheathing could be installed.  Now I'm not sure the staging was quite up to OSHA standards.  Granted I'm not skilled in such matters, but it seems to me that staging shouldn't act like a teeter-totter as you walk across it.  So be it, it was what it was and it got the job done without causing too much harm (I'll heal).

Sheathing almost done. 

While we were in the framing stage we thought it would be nice to have an area with a sink and potting station that was covered, so we decided to extend the roof beyond the well house walls and create an overhang. 

Before we could continue we needed to pour footings for the posts to hold the roof up.

Frame the overhang roof.

And now finish the roof sheathing and trim it out.

 

The next step, the shingles.  We chose to use leftover shingles from when we built our house. Partly because they were paid for,  but mostly because they would match the main house.  

We had stored the shingles in a stack next to the woods.  They had to be picked up and moved to the area of the well house.  The shingles were no longer wrapped in neat little bundles and they were dirty and had lot's of bugs and spiders mixed in, but no snakes.   

Another fun task for me. 

I started to load them into the little Farm Vehicle (remember the xB?) but thought I had better not after I saw the bugs crawling all over them.  After all, I didn't need to discover some misplaced bugs on my drive to my day job.  I got them over to the well house using the truck, bugs and all (yes, the farm does have a truck.  So why do we always use the xB?).

It took a couple of days to finish the shingles. It might not have taken as long had we not ended up spending a good part of a morning at the Orthopedic Doctor's office getting a large chunk of wood removed from my hand.  Remember that staging? I swear it had it out for me.   

Roof is now done, next task: windows, door and siding.