Lifting a high wall up and over the roof of another house we just finished. Was getting a little sketchy as the ground was uneven mud and I had to drive and turn around a pile of fill.

 

That looks impressive framingpro, can't believe you have snow on the ground already.

That's nothing compared to what we have got

This was the driveway into the site at the end of the day

 

Had to help a buddy over the weekend on a "garage". Yeah right. More like should have been a pole barn. 70'x 40', 12'-8" ceiling an a 20'x70' storage room above.

 

I've found my new favorite thread...

 

Hi Stunt, I have never seen that amount of snow in my life ha although I love the snow I'm not surrounding would want to workout in that.

 

My first time.....

Circa 1990.
What a dork! Lol

 

I was rummaging through the archives ,(AKA the Rubbermaid box in the back of the closet), looking for pictures of the oval ceiling, no luck.
But found as few others.

All from the late 90's

 

finished this one yesterday. gotta go back to install the windows doors and stairs next week

 

Good idea:thumbup:




(Looks great:thumbsup

 

Prebuilding roof sections on the ground. Semi goes up in 2 pieces and the party wall. Crane said it was only 2800 lbs or so. Could of almost did it with the forklift. Got another roof sitting beside the last house built already. House is only first floor on.

 

The one we just finished.

Lots of weather delays on this place it's been below -20c all week. Had a few days in the last few weeks around -20c

 

The one we just finished.

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Lots of weather delays on this place it's been below -20c all week. Had a few days in the last few weeks around -20c

Apart from joking... how the heck do ya work in those temps.

Seriously, there must be some specialized tricks....

Just curious.

Best

Peter

 

Warm clothes, don't stand around, brake line antifreeze in the hoses and get to work. It sucks but so does a short pay cheque.

 

The one we just finished. Lots of weather delays on this place it's been below -20c all week. Had a few days in the last few weeks around -20c

Looks good, was that out by carstairs? My folks had a 4' drift of snow on their driveway. I think all outdoor construction workers in Alberta slowed down a lot last week.

 

Looks good, was that out by carstairs? My folks had a 4' drift of snow on their driveway. I think all outdoor construction workers in Alberta slowed down a lot last week.

Ya an acreage just NW of carstairs

 

@Stunt thanks for sharing your lovely weather :smh:

 

I think they wear walrus skin coats and eat a lot of whale blubber.

 

this sounds accurate.

 

Apart from joking... how the heck do ya work in those temps. Seriously, there must be some specialized tricks.... Just curious. Best Peter

We spent the worst week framing the basement with two 110v heater running. We took some of the other bad days off

 

this reminded me to order some Kilfrost oil for this winter. frozen guns/hoses is no fun.

 

Where do you get it from?

 

A roofer I know from up in Sussex County was watching some thing late night on the history channel about how Russian soldiers would pour vodka in their rifles to prevent them from freezing. In a flash of brilliance/drunkenness he realized he could probably do the same thing to his roofing gun. Brought a pint to work the next day and said it did indeed help a little bit.

I have no secrets other than wool socks and hot coffee.

 

Hmm ...... A roofer saying he needs vodka for his nail gun...(insert stereotype here)

 

Usually we wear polar bear skin parkas.

 

well there you go. save on shipping.

 

Apart from joking... how the heck do ya work in those temps. Seriously, there must be some specialized tricks.... Just curious. Best Peter

To be honest a lot of times I've found if you're working and the windchill is fairly low you hardly notice the cold. My hands are generally the only part that gets cold. Last winter I mostly only wore a hoodie and jeans and gloves there were few days where I pulled out the jacket and even fewer day where I pulled out the insulated carharts

 

I saw guys in insulated coveralls today and thought to myself god February is going to suck for that guy

 

I think the coldest I've framed in was like 10F, but the worst was we framed a house on an island last winter. it was like 15-30f the whole time, but there was constant wind coming off the lake and we took a boat out in the morning and back at the end of the day and had lunch inside of a tent on the island with a small propane heater and had no access to coffee. so there was no real opportunity to ever get warm like most jobs where you go in the truck at lunch and blast the heat.

 

:sweatdrop:

 

Current Conditions
Honolulu

Partly Cloudy
80°
Wind 6mph NE
Humidity 69%
Dewpoint 69°
Barometer 30.03"
Sunrise 6:58 am
Sunset 5:50 pm

 

Was almost a two t-shirt day today for me. Was sweating my rear off by 9:30. It's in the 80's here. I could go for some of that chilly weather about now. I have my A/C on for Pete's sake.

 

Not for my sake Bubbi....

It's 3 degrees here.

Best

Peter

 

Today's high was a comfortable 25 deg.....:thumbup:

That sounds like nice working weather right about now. 25 here would be pretty chilly with the humidity.

 

Currently 18 deg & 91% humidity....

It's rather chilly....