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Sheathing the roof

When we left our heroes, the rafters were up, and light snowfall was drifting gently between them to land on the tarp laid out on the subfloor. Time to get some plywood on top so that, at a minimum, we can get through the winter with a tarp holding the snow out. On Saturday , we put the bottom 8-foot row of OSB in place. We really  appreciated the pneumatic nailer for this part of the job! It wasn't supposed to snow at all, but we picked up about half an inch. It wasn't too bad, and now there's only a couple foot slot letting snow into the interior. Good thing, because snow was forecast for Sunday, with sunny skies on Monday. We laid the tarp back out and went home. When we got back on Monday , several inches of snow had appeared, so we started the day by shoveling off the roof. Siggy enjoyed watching this video of his big brother using the nailer: On Tuesday , we finished sheathing the ends and gables.  Our neighbor R...