...then we had from 6:30 in the morning to 6 at night at the Cinncinnatti Childrens Hospital monday and couldnt do anything all day (4 finger snaps, 2 sets of labs, a GNT with Diff that required dye injected into the top of the hand, CT scan, Liver, kidney and Prograf panels, and a physical all while neither child could eat all day long-phew!)
So today we started again and man have things changed.
We made sure everything was level, that from corner to corner we were 16'3", and all posts were straight and true.
Today when we start again everything has become off somehow, now that the concrete is hard and set.
Were a half inch off on the North wall now, instead of 11'6" on the south side (like we made sure of!) we are now about 11' 7 inches.
From corner to corner we are now 16' 4".
What happened?! Everything was perfect and then today its all out of whack!
Needless to say, we did the best we could. Ive barely operated a hammer before we did the fence so carpentry is not my strong suit, but dang, I didnt think it could be this off!
Did the ground settle, boards shrink, warp?
I dont understand it.
Anyway...since theres not much we can do about it now, we kept going. Worst case scenario we think the floor might be a little off, but since my pier and concrete slab for my dob will be seperate and isolated, as long as they are right well be okay. Right?
So today we attached the 2x8's except they didnt sit like the plans said they would.
We started cutting the 2x8x12's down to 11'x3" when we noticed after four cuts they were not lining up perfectly like they were the other day!
So what we did was take thge 2x8x12 to the posts, make them level, and then cut them to fit. Whats wrong with that?
I dont know how it went all bad and hesitated to show our shortcomings here out of embarrassment.
So I think at this point were kinda stuck moving forward with whats already been done, or declare that portion of the yard a hazard and just turn the dob into a big beer cooler.
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