The inspection is just looking at the footings. And paying for the permit. Lol Ok so it is just 2 amish guys building this thing working 8 hours a day. Here is what they accomplished by noon this morning.
At the rate it's going up they must be modern Amish....meaning power equipment is involved. Either way, great progress considering the materials weren't even on premises until Monday morning. Best, Kelly
What's up with those 45 degree planks? The beers for the end of the project! *edit* Oh wow the thing has a skeleton already. Surprised to see that so quick. Looking good. Do they just put down a foot or two of gravel then build ontop of gravel? I suppose the Amish can definitely raise barns quick!
Yea, they leveled the ground with 2' of stone dust then bored through it for the footings. I have to do the landscaping for erosion control. Looking into geogrid fir that. That's a battery operated chain saw your looking at. Seriously did look like it was a cat though. They are using cordless power tools, but do not drive. They also have a wind up phone in a wooden box. Maybe a military type phone? Or could be just some sort of 2 way radio. Not sure.
That is unreal. You got Amish. So not only will it be highly functional, it will be really cool too ! Very impressive work. .
..........And built really well! We had the FLDS folks just south of us here in Texas.. If you didn't mind their penchant for 13yr girls, they were excellent craftsman. I never hired them to do any work. yes, I'm talking about WARREN JEFFS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Jeffs I admire the Amish, wish they were in my neck of the woods.
They know how to do this type of work and they don't goof around. But just like anyone else, they're not all master craftsmen. Not being required to have insurance or pay comp certainly allows them to get it done cheap. Don't be surprised to see a 12 year old on the roof! Different sects have different rules governing what "modern" devices they can use or when they can use them.
An Amish man took his family to the big city. As he's standing in a huge corridor he saw a strange shiney panel in the wall open up. An old lady with a cane tottered through the hole in the wall and the panel closed. He was puzzled. A minute later the panel opened back up and a beautiful young woman walked out. He looked down at his son and said, " Hiram, go get your mother."
Got home at 7 an this morning and they were back at it setting the trusses for the front porch. When I got back up my wife told me they left early because of the rain. I know they will not be working over Christmas so things might be at a standstill for the next week.
If they had put the roof on today I would probably be standing out under it right now watching the rain.... lol
They were back today for about 5 hours. Cleaned up and left early for the holidays. You can really see it taking shape now. Hopefully they will get it finished up Thursday and Friday, then I'll be waiting on the concrete.
