Haus
upon the Hill....
This
is where we started on this project
.
The story I
got from the neighbors was
that this was
set on the foundation with
an undersized
crane which swung out
of control
and dropped the structure
onto it with
a crash, resulting in tweaks
to the
framing that we had to fur-out
with a great
many tapered custom fit
shims. Thus
was the interior drywall
made to fit
plumb and not skewed.
Sig Kaufman,
Bob Ahgupuk.
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Near the end
of our phase on this
project. We
accept no responsibility
for what came
after, interior finish
and the like.
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Sig Kaufman
in demo operations.
Looone at
stairwell, upper floor
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Mad Looone
Framing and Roofing's
Illustrious
Leader, Sadi Synn.
Two brand new
Craftsman saws, by Skil.
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Sig making
room to work on the stairwell.
Not the
trickiest stairs we've ever had,
But more
annoying than most. Blame the
architect,
let the framer engineer the thing.
By the way, a
framer is a really learned fellow
or gal, not
just a size 2 hat with big muscles.
If ye cannot
fit things well and quick, and climb
with great
agility, ye are no framer.
I tire of the
lousy esteem afforded today's framers.
Don't argue.
Just get lost and become extinct.
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The roof
overhead was mere 2x8, upon
which a
glu-lam was set for the ridge of
the addition.
No account was made for the
fact that
this roof had to be opened, and
that the 2x8
rafter was not enough to
support the
beam in the first place.
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So we cut the
lam-beam short and added
a post, cut
the rafters and fitted valleys
to the cheek
cuts after running a short
beam across
the gap to set on another
post carried
by a floor beam.
To the right,
valley jack rafters in, and a hint
of the wall
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You may have seen
the Anchorage Daily News story on this place, 15 to 20 years ago.
It ain't accurate. Not their fault, as far as I can tell.
Mine, for existing! Thanx, Sallye!
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