Like giant pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, and definitely not one of the quick and mindless variety, the roof trusses for the house and garage were assembled on Friday. Less than ideal conditions, i.e. mostly streaming rain, did not cramp the style of contractor Peter Wanless and our intrepid crane operator.A real show of skill: contractor quickly sorted out out what went where and attached the rope; crane operator lifted the individual trusses way up and over roof and trees, turned them to face the right way, dropped them into the outstretched hands of the installer, then dipped the crane to undo the rope and traversed back to the field to pick up another truss, all in one rapid, fluid and almost continuous motion. Neat!
In the supersatch conditions of Friday, the work ploughed on without any concessions to the weather, even wet weather gear, except for "the contractor's raincoat", a handy garment made by cutting head and armholes in a garbage bag. My shoes squelched through the mud as I walked the distance between barn and trailer carrying the essentials for our new home. After all this time moaning about the lack of rain, however, who can complain?
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