It was all hammers on deck today.  Because the afternoon high temperature was forecast to be in the 90’s, most of us started work at 7:00 AM instead of 8:00 AM so we could be done by 2:00 PM.

Part of our Sheridan HFH RV CAV team taking a break.

We split up into smaller crews.  One of them covered the floor slab with Tyvek house wrap to protect it.  Several crews then laid out and assembled the 76 foot long east wall of the house while other crews cut, laid out, and assembled interior partition walls.

Brian, our local HFH construction supervisor.

There’s another guy on our team named Bruce, who retired after 40 years as a builder, and I worked with him to lay sill seal and install metal foundation flashing.  The team delayed going to lunch in order to raise and secure the east wall, which was something to see, with all but two of us involved (and those two were taking pictures).

Raising the 76′ long east wall.

After lunch we raised the rear wall and tied it to the east wall.  The exterior walls sit on wood sill plates, so they were anchored using 16 penny nails nailed the old-fashioned way (with hammers) like all of our framing so far.  By 2:00 PM we were ready to call it quits for the day, packed up, and returned to our rigs.

This is where the hats go during lunch.

Most of our team decided a couple of days ago to attend the Sheridan Wyo Rodeo this evening, so we did not have our usual 4:30 social.  Linda and I did not attend the rodeo and had a quiet evening at home instead.  Linda did a load of laundry while I continued to edit and post blog entries and discover new things about WordPress, which is what we use to create our website and blog.