9May06 Comments
Once again today we started with devotions and Martin’s instructions for the day. The house is coming along pretty well with a few set backs. We did get started putting on the metal roof today. First tarpaper is rolled down over the purlins and then the sheet of metal is slid up into position. A crew of the women spent quite a bit of time marking where the nail positions were going to be to align with the purlins and then predrilled the holes for the nails. The nails are about 2 ½ inches long and with a screw type shank about a ¼ inch in diameter.
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The only problem today was the wind which was very strong and one of the panels got away and was blown down on the ground. Fortunately no one was in the line of flight. All of the roof was on at the end of the day except he last sheet which we couldn’t put up because we ran out of tarpaper.
One mishap occurred when Fred stepped on a loose piece of scaffolding and slipped off. The doctor reported that he had torn a ligament and also dislocated a kneecap. The good news was that if he is careful and keeps the leg under light duty for about 10 days everything should be back to normal.
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