After a few weeks of doing nothing but storm cleanup, I gave up.  It was time to do something else.  Even though each day had produced a few chunks of roof, or another cleaned up limb, there was still so much left.  I had to go work on the corn crib.

Friday night, I found the East end of the crib out in the field.  Yep.  20 sheets of plywood, some 2×10′s, and 75 sticks of cement board was ready and waiting for the weekend.  I like free delivery from the local lumberyard.  I already had a fresh sill plate across the East end, and a small section of the slat wall removed.  The rest of the siding came off easy when you swing a sledgehammer at it.

The first step was to frame out the main opening.  I started by doubling up the existing posts and beams, for support and fresh nailing surfaces.  The window opening was started in the first session as well.  I found a few spots that needed some extra fixing up and mended those as well.  Another night brought more siding replacement, and the top of the window frame.  This last weekend, Reagan finally came down to help hold some plywood in place.  That’s when it started to look good.

I ended the day getting the sliding door tracks down.  When I removed the siding boards from underneath, the joist behind them was badly rotted.  I’m glad I first built up underneath it.  The wall is 2′ away from being enclosed, but I really need to figure out how to replace the missing wood.  I scraped out all the soft sections, and the back half of the wood is still sound.  It was a 4×12 after all, now it’s more like 3×12.   I was wondering if I could route out a channel and inlay fresh wood.

Anyhow, I did post 2 pages of pictures in the gallery

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