Initial Attachment

We had another great weekend this weekend. We got the east wall framed and even attached the southeast corner of the roof to our fancy new wall. The framing of the east wall went very smoothly. The weather was beautiful and we had a much better idea of what we were doing after doing the south wall.

Then we took a closer look at the patio door. Turns out we ordered it so that the wrong side opens. I don't know what the hell we were thinking- we ordered it so that the part of the door that opened was right next to the wall, which wouldn't allow us to put anything underneath the southern window (like all our poor, light-starved plants, for example). So, after some freaking out, we made some phone calls. Home Depot told us to call Andersen Windows, who told us that actually our doors were reversible. It's only the track and frame, which are pre-drilled and fitted to receive the hardware so the door can lock, that need to be reordered. Then they told us to talk to Home Depot to find out how to order just the track. Home Depot told us they couldn't answer that over the weekend (only the retail grunts were working), and they were supposed to call back yesterday. They didn't call, so we'll probably have to pester them until we get an answer.

Anyway, on Sunday we went over to a friend's to make use of his table saw. We cut two 2x4s on an angle to attach the new wall to the roof. We brought them home, put in spacers, pounded them into place, and they worked like a charm. We only did the corner because the roof beams are different heights, and the corner beams had closer measurements to one another than the others. The others we'll do individually. We pounded in the stuff, and voila! the temporary supports we had put in immediately were no longer carrying weight-our new wall was. And the house still hasn't fallen down, so I'd call it a success.

This weekend we'll finish up attaching the roof, and then it's sheathing time. Hooray!