Temporary Supports Removed
The sky cleared up today and we haven't had any rain falling from the sky so I headed outside to see if I could accomplish something with one of the larger projects on my To-Do list. I had previously cut all the supports necessary for the outdoor kitchen roof structure so I decided it was time to install those supports so I could remove the temporary supports. So, now I have clear headroom when I walk into this little kitchen area. ( As a sidenote... I wore my new ball-cap hard hat today... good thing because I slammed my head about eight times today while I was installing the collar beams. My mild-TBI headache is back but I'm certain that it would have been far worse if I wasn't wearing the new hard hat.) Every support that I added today was both glued and bolted. I bolted everything with 3/8" galvanized bolts. This support, below, forms a nice stiff triangle of support keeping the column upright... This is the same type of support on the opposite c