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Nice job Rennie. Very clever wall jack and bracing set up. Was wondering how I was going to get my shed walls up, so I'm stealing that idea. The come-a-longs always seem to have that short cable length problem, so last year I bought one of the kind used by arborists to help trees decide which way to fall. It's come in handy a number of times and I wish I had found it years ago. Seeing water so close makes me wonder if you are in any flood danger?
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000PWJTC8/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
 
More progress today. Finished framing and raising the end walls. Jan painted the floor. Tomorrow the roof rafters and decking. Wondering how I will get all that OSB up that high. [emoji848]

Also, I purchased ridge venting for the shed. Now I'm wondering if a ridge beam and ridge vent are mutually exclusive.
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Rennie Heuer said:
Wondering how I will get all that OSB up that high. [emoji848]
Also, I purchased ridge venting for the shed. Now I'm wondering if a ridge beam and ridge vent are mutually exclusive.
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You'd be surprised how handy a bobcat with a set of forks are for that kind of thing! :rofl:

Before I had bob when I built my other shed, I used a couple of 2x4 angled from the ground up to the rafters with strategically placed stop blocks.

Lay a sheet against the 2x4's as a ramp. Push up to the first stop block. Adjust. Repeat.
 
Rennie Heuer said:
....Also, I purchased ridge venting for the shed. Now I'm wondering if a ridge beam and ridge vent are mutually exclusive.
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See if the vent manufacturer has a detail on their web site. Typically the roof sheathing is held back 1-2" from the edge of the beam to allow air to escape and the vent straddles the opening. You have to make sure you have soffit vents to ensure there is air flow. The first picture here illustrates the idea:
http://www.finehomebuilding.com/2011/07/14/a-crash-course-in-roof-venting
 
Rennie Heuer said:
... Also, I purchased ridge venting for the shed. Now I'm wondering if a ridge beam and ridge vent are mutually exclusive.
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I bought manufactured trusses and ridge vents for both my shop and utility buildings. For support at the peak of the trusses, I cut pieces of 2x4 to fit on each side of the peak and held them back about 3" so there was a clear opening. The 2x4 spacers were offset from each other for nailing. I also used spacers at 24" centers down each truss pair for rigidity and nailers for the roof decking.
 
Day 5 and the ridge beam and rafters are in place. Tomorrow the loft joists, roof deck, felt paper and house wrap. Needs to be weather tight as we are expecting rain on Sunday.
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After running out between could bursts to sweep the water off the shed floor things finally dried out enough to get some work done. Got the out lookers installed, filled in the gable ends, and set the joists for the loft.
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More thunder and angry skies today so I only got half of the roof up. Thanks to Brent for his excellent idea about getting the sheets up on the roof. Worked like a charm? I set the sheets on the saw horses then pushed them up past the stop. Then used a rope and pulled them up the rest of the way. Just used it for the full sheets, the partials I could lift up with only a little extra effort.

Can't get used to this HUMIDITY! In the first 30 min I was drenched. Living in a high desert spoiled me.

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