5/25/19
(Above: Wall #6’s frame with plastic partly stapled on… Notice how all the shade falls to right side of Jacobhouse rather than where I’m working!)
Building Summary: Today I started off by carrying the sliding glass door frame out to Jacobhouse with Padre’s help – a task that consisted first of dismantling the transport crate and removing the screen and glass doors. Moving the frame was followed by my erecting the two RO side-boards* and then by my beginning to staple silage bag plastic (the future vapor barrier) over the entirety of Wall #6.
Commentary: Just when one thinks the climate cannot become any more inhospitable, Florida goes on to sear away those misguided expectations. It rained last night, so this morning ended up being very hot and extremely humid. Also, there was another heifer that apparently bore the same affliction as that beast from two days ago; she would not cease bellowing. In all, the conditions at Jacobhouse were what some – perhaps many – would call insufferable, yet I endured them all the same.
On a more positive note, I will mention that the sliding glass door frame was quite simple to uncrate and even easier to transport out to the container home once the glass and screen doors had been removed. Also, when testing to see how that frame fit into the now-completed rough opening, I discovered that there was an acceptable gap up top (it’s right at ½” which can be filled with a piece of scrap plywood) and about 1/8” down either side. With some shims, it will make for an easy installation.
I wanted to take a picture of a Wagyu lying in the shade of Jacobhouse.
Right as I captured the image, though, it leapt out and darted away.
Final Note: Tomorrow I will finished attaching the plastic vapor barrier across Wall #6’s frame. This will be followed by my cutting an ‘X’ across the entire rough opening, folding the resultant flaps backward, trimming off the excess, and then stapling them down. The sliding glass door frame will be able to be installed soon after.
*Fastened to the lower frame indirectly via 2×6 blocking; fastened to the top frame both directly and indirectly (the indirect portion, again, via 2×6 blocking).