Work Session in the Roanoke Section House

Sheridan and Everywhere West Progress

My wife and daughter took a girl's trip to Florida this weekend so I took today off to spend with my son. I reached out to Chris Atkins and offered our services, which he did not hesitate to accept!

It is great to see progress in the Roanoke Section House.  We had some very good times in that building where Shane Murphy hosted a number of "Pie Night" operating sessions.  

Chris had recently painted the blue backdrop for one of the upper peninsulas.  The next task on the to-do list was to cut and install joists for this particular upper deck peninsula.

We mass produced about 11 joists.  Jacob was in charge of measuring and marking them for center stud placement.  His marks were all spot on!

Next was the repetitive process of measuring and leveling the joists, placed on every other stud in the center wall structure.  Odd-length joists were individually measured for the ends where the track structure changes to a semi-circle at one end and positioning to wrap around the center bathroom/furnace room at the other end.

Finally we cut a 4x8 sheet of plywood into three strips to use for decking on the joists.  The bubble in the center of the level shows success in our efforts to create a level shelf.  Now, if the building will just stay right where it is and not settle over time......

It was a great exercise to get out of the house and unplug my son from technology.  Though he did show symptoms of Call of Duty Xbox withdrawal, we did get him plugged back in at home.  I think he will make it through the night!

Chris