completed walls

We finished building all the walls, door area included. We connected all but the last two, which is where the door is placed. While connecting the panels, we were off a very small amount in the angle from one panel to another, causing the less than 1 degree difference to be multiplied by the twenty sides, and so the last few panels can't connect right now. We are closing the circle tomorrow by taking a winch to the building sides till they are the right angle.

return air walls

3/22

We finished building the large column walls, and moved back to the other 6 walls. We changed our plans a bit, due to the return aid ducts that we are placing in the walls. We now have 3 different types of wall elements, return air walls, standard walls, and beam support walls. The return air walls won't look different once we are done, but we have to construct them differently due to needing to remove the plywood later from them. It's better for us to change it all now, then to do in on site.

building in MandM

3/21

We built the next two walls today. These are different from the regular walls, as they still have the support column for the large beam. We had a ilevel person come in to talk to us about our floor and roof construction. We have the large beams bigger than the rest of the construction, and so we have to take that into the account when we are building the walls. Wee also learned that although this is the final, it is much easier to learn at the shop where we can fix our mistakes and use the shop tools. Below you can see the detail area for the large beam and column.