Post-turkey Snow Workday

After two days and two feet of snow, we returned to work on the Haus the day after Thanksgiving.

I was able to drive all the way up to the Haus, but got stuck when turning around in some loose snow. A little digging and a few shovels of sand under each wheel, and I got back out to the parking lot. Katie started up the snowmobile and met me out at the parking lot. But then the snowmobile decided to not start when we went to head back up to Haus. So we left it parked along the side of the road and walked back in.

Almost 2 feet on the ground when we arrived. The snow started up again about 3pm.

Katie kept the fire stoked most of the day to take the edge off the cold.

I had at least 9 failed (stripped) screws during the day, each of which has to be twisted out using a vice grips. 

You can see up on the ceiling a custom wedge I made to straighten out the Ipe. I mounted a temporary wood stop with a couple screws, used paint sticks as spacers, and pounded in a couple wood wedges to make sure the board was tight up against its neighbor before drilling.

I managed to mount the 5 remaining pieces, each of which required multiple custom cuts.

The underside of this second to last piece had to be cut out in multiple places so that it lays flat to cover screws and metal brackets that are part of the framing.

The finished product with pieces cut to fit around the flying beam and against the outside edge.