More Hard Work

We moved sheep in the cool of the morning, and when we got home we were excited to see the crane in the yard, ready to put the big beams and trusses on the “Tesseract”, our fiber building under construction. The 4x8 beams and the trusses were stacked and ready to go, including the gable ends.







The first beam was challenging for Butch, the crane operator, because he could not see where it needed to sit and could not hear instructions over the background noise of the . A few hand signals and he was able to drop it into place.

Mostly Chris was up top, and Cam was on the ground guiding one end of each beam using a rope. There are 6 heavy beams along what will be the ceiling. Then Butch picked up the west gable end and gently placed it where it belonged.

Chris and Cam then leveled it up and fastened it in place.








There are two window openings that are in that end near the mud room which is facing the barn and the west field. I hope that will give a good view of the sunsets. We can now see there will be plenty of room upstairs to store raw fleeces.

It took most of the day to put up the 18 trusses that will support the roof over the entire building (except the store), and sweat was literally dripping off the workers. The next piece up was the east gable that will separate the new store from the rest of the upstairs, which also has space for 2 windows.


Then, over the store they added 4 sets of big beams forming a cathedral ceiling creating an open spacious space with lots of natural light from the 2 windows on the east end and places to hang things from beams above. The guys refused to stop for lunch and drank a ton of water.

It is very exciting to see the roof up. I hope they went home feeling very satisfied for a job well done. We expect soon to have the roof on and windows in. We have been in touch with the peoploe who will install the solar panels, plumming and electricity. Things are moving along...