Fri. May, 29

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DuPont™ Tyvek® StuccoWrap®

Thur. May, 28

A couple guys...


A couple strong nerves...


A couple sections of 2in conduit, for marking cut lines...


And a couple hours later.

Wed. May, 27

~11:00AM


~ 3:30PM Foyer: New Top Cap installed for Windows

Tue. May, 26

Rain Delay 2


...but these guys don't care about the rain... cause they're making the thunder!


Doesn't matter though, because when they left– this worked...

Fri. May, 22 (Updated 4:30)

Starting the Lower Wall for the Foyer Windows... (Far Right).




Foyer Window Sill

Thur. May, 21

Laying out top rail to match base plate.


Top Rail in


Main Beam Fab n Install Sequence


EOD 8: Egg: Mostly Ply'd Outer // Foyer: Top supports & Main Beams in.


Plywood wrap Photo Sequence


Foyer Overhang Photo Sequence

Wed. May, 20

Day 7 AM

Moving the Base plate to the edge of the slab.

Tue. May, 19

Base Plate for new Foyer


Foyer: Over Structure


Egg: Plywood wrap


Foyer: Temporary Overhang: EOD6

Monday May 18

~10:40 AM


Taking down the gutters, in order to add roof supports for the new windowed Foyer.




~2:40 PM

Fri. May 15

10:13 AM

Rain Delay.

Egg: Day 2: Magic Show & Surprise Visitor

This End Girder had spontaneously (as far as I could tell) reappeared by the time I rolled into the parking lot.


Egg: East End: 10:34 AM


Egg: SEast: Within a minute of the last one... AM


Egg: SEast ~12:15 PM


Our Egg is Soo0 tall... "How tall Is it?..."
"27 foot 6..." So says the man at the top of the scaffolding w/ nar'y a thing to hang onto,
save the wind, his wits, and a thin nylon wire.


This, to be precise.


Egg: East End: EOD 2: ~3:45 PM


SEast End


"Superman!...", "Nuh Uh..." "Hey, Look... Superman!", "What?... That bird?"


Picnic Table *Still* in use.

Egg: Day 1: Our New Steel Girdles!... Uhm, Girders!

BEFORE: 9:20ish AM

Self explanatory.

Filling in the un-needed Red Iron supports

Egg: West End

The Picnic Table *In Use*

Egg: East End: 3:15ish PM

Egg: EOD 1: For some reason they took down the Westernmost pole before they left.

Probly for wind and safety concerns... (**Don't forget to click on the pics for full size views**)

...And someone was nice enough to bring in a Portable Shade Machine... too bad it wasn't in time for the guys' first day 'o work. I guess they did OK though, it was cloudy most of the day.