Some Progress

This has been a week of experimentation, learning how to lift heavy walls alone.

The standard wall-building technique is to do only the frame, raise that, then add the plywood/windows/etc later from the outside. MY problem is that once i'm up to the 3rd floor, it's not really feasible to apply ply & windows that hi up from the outside, without a lot of scaffolding (and even then it's heavy, scary). So i plan to build each wall, complete, on the floor, then raise it to position.

I hooked a block & tackle to a temporary 'tower' of 2x6s. The hoisting was nerve-racking (what if something breaks?), but successful.


Three walls up, many to go.


I like the way it looks. Remember, there's 1 more story to go above this.