This is why they call it Labour Day!

Actually, it was Labour Day all weekend long!  We finally got the framing of the walls done--it took us four days of labour.  Whew.  Rob came up Thursday night, and while I was at work on Friday morning, he was at Home Depot, bringing home this:

Yes, 90 2 x 4s and 2 x 6s.  Then up went the first wall--ta dah!

Rob's comment after that first wall was "Gee it's larger than I thought!"  No kidding. Everything about Monster Garage is larger than life (larger footprint, larger height, larger garage door, larger man door, larger window, larger blisters, larger working hours...)

I came home at noon and was in charge of stapling down a sponge pad that goes between the foundation board and the concrete, to lock out moisture.  It was kinda fun--like cutting fabric, which I love!

After that, the walls went up pretty quick.

And lest you think all I do is take photos, here I am holding up the doorway prior to nailing!

Work continued into Saturday and Sunday (had to stop and go get OSB/chip board and pressure treated plywood at Rona on Sunday--missed part of the Rider game, and boy was it a good one), and the wall framing got finished!

Of course, every board had to have at least 12 nails, just in case.  So like our fence, it is built uber solid, so in the event of a nuclear explosion, those two structures will remain standing--like a fallout shelter.

This is the view from the street.  Rob is on top of our new 10 foot ladder, nailing down the top boards.  It is a rather impressive site from the street. And that's our faithful work truck, that's been hauling all the lumber, tools, supplies, and new ladder.



Monday was spent squaring up the frame and we were pretty close.  Rob did have to do some tweaking, pushing, and banging to get it all in place.  Then we nailed on the pressure treated plywood around the base (weather resistant to snow build-up against it). So here is the frame, with the first round of sheathing around the base.

Our next task is to put on the rest of the wall sheathing, trench out the natural gas line (as it is being relocated Sept 24, so needs to be ready by then), cut giant tree roots out of the way, and we take delivery of the roof trusses in a couple of weeks.  I'm really looking forward to that task!  They are big and heavy but Rob thinks we'll be fine lifting them.  Gee, it's becoming Labour Day month!!!!!!!!!!