12-05-2009, 11:01 PM
Just wanted to give everyone an update on my train room. It's been three weeks since the slab was poured, but it has been raining, even snowing down here in Houston. So it has been too cold and too wet for me to do much outdoors. Plus, even when it isn't raining, the yard is still pretty muddy due to all the rain we have had since the slab was poured.
I am starting to stockpile lumber and such. Also have been doing some figuring and calculating, thinking out the framing process, all that kind of stuff. Once I do get started, I am hoping to make a big push and get it framed, sheathed, and roofed in just a few days. After it is dried in, then I can take my time in getting the brickwork done and finishing the inside.
Now, I know some of you must be snickering because I said it was too cold.... and "too cold" in Houston is anywhere near freezing. Yeah, yeah, I know most of you up north are way way below freezing already for days at a time. But you have to understand... typically, in December, I am outside in shorts and a t-shirt. So when I say "too cold," it is relatively speaking.
I am starting to stockpile lumber and such. Also have been doing some figuring and calculating, thinking out the framing process, all that kind of stuff. Once I do get started, I am hoping to make a big push and get it framed, sheathed, and roofed in just a few days. After it is dried in, then I can take my time in getting the brickwork done and finishing the inside.
Now, I know some of you must be snickering because I said it was too cold.... and "too cold" in Houston is anywhere near freezing. Yeah, yeah, I know most of you up north are way way below freezing already for days at a time. But you have to understand... typically, in December, I am outside in shorts and a t-shirt. So when I say "too cold," it is relatively speaking.