Progress!!!

After around three months of inactivity on the pump house, progress has been made!  The ladders were brought out. The hammers and nails, saws and levels were put to work.  Did we run into problems?  Um, yeah!  Isn't that a given? 

One post was about a foot and a half shorter than was supposed to be, so that began our troubles.  So we found a 16' 4x4 and cut it to size and went up to the hardware store (which is a little more than a quick jaunt) to get bolts to attach the new 4x4 to the 4x4 in the ground.  I guess that gave Dad and I time to think.  We revised our plans and switched to a different style roof.  Instead of a pitched roof to match the roof-line of the house, we decided to a one foot single sloped roof.  It was easier, we didn't need the bolts after all and it will use less metal sheets for roofing.  So our troubles, actually turned out to be a blessing.

So we ran the top across on the 16 foot sides and put a beam up on each of the 12 foot sides for stability.  There is a about a foot slope on the roof.  I can't begin to say how wonderful the big ladders we got were for me (who is extremely height challenged)! 

Dad did decide we were going to wait to finish putting the rest of the rafters up until next week (hopefully!) when we have a nail gun.  We did however, find enough 4x6 for the rafters and cut them all to size. 

While I was getting our supplies out of the house for today's project, I looked between one of the shelving units and the wagon and thought I saw a cat.  It looked huge so I thought she was pregnant.  I grabbed the flashlight and shined it back there and found not a pregnant cat, but a Mama Cat with four or five kittens curled up to her!  And they are all big healthy kittens with a big healthy Mama Cat.  They don't want you too close, but don't run away when you're a safe distance!