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Gene GeRue wrote:
> Yeah, for solo building lower is far safer and easier. For my next 
> project after the metal shop building I will likely use an Amish crew 
> to frame and sheath the level above the wood shop below. Did I 
> mention that I don't do well with heights? Falling is how I died last 
> time and I have still not worked my way through it.

I'm right there with ya on that one, Gene.  I must have fallen, too.  I 
have real trouble on a 6 foot stepladder, and you may have noticed in 
the pics I sent you that RON was on the coop roof, not me. :)
This list needs a spot for photo display, I think.


> > Same with drywall, pain in the butt for one man without a jack, 
> > especially ceilings.
>
> I sheetrocked one house. It was my first and last. 

Sheetrock jacks are worth their weight in gold, IMO.  We rocked a bonus 
room at the old house...what a nightmare.  We finally rented a sheetrock 
jack, and it was like, THE best thing, almost indispensable for the 
angled ceiling.  Even with the jack, sheetrocking would be tough as a 
one man operation; it'd be very time consuming...

Bev

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BevanRon of EarthNSky Farm   NW Georgia USDA Zone 7
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