This weekend we undertook the raising of the roof of Cabin 1, with 9 students, 1 professor, 1 alumni and 1 construction guru over the course of 2 and a half days. We were lucky to have perfect 68 degree and sunny weather for the entire time, especially considering that two days later it snowed. With a handful of hammers and alot of sweat equity we lifted in place the large framing beams, ridge beam and rafters. Our construction guru Chris Wilson walked us through the rough spots, helping us to figure out how to get up by transforming the building itself into temporary scafollding, and guided us through feats we weren’t sure were possible. The ridge beam, a solid piece of 6″ x 16″ x 16′ douglas fir timber, managed to levitate into place 14′ up with a dozen hands, through shear strength in numbers. Saturday night, one of the student workshop leaders, Peter Lee, cooked us a special Korean dinner, Kim Chi soup, inspiring us to keep going. Piece by piece the roof took shape and by Monday afternoon we were wrapping up the OSB sheathing. Not bad for a weekend.
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