Well it’s 14 degrees outside right now. Shoulda left the house about 20 minutes ago. Man… I just don’t wanna do it today but we’ve got a sleet/snow mix forecast for Friday and with a good long day today and another one tommorow there’s a good chance I can have the roof framed and sheathed before Friday’s mess falls.
Didn’t we just dig out this job on Monday? Gotta love the winter.
Here goes nothing. Eyes on the prize.
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I don't see how you guys do it. Right now it's 25 degrees outside with a high predicted of 41. Coldest day thus far this winter. That's plenty cold enough for me. Last year we had a few days when the temps didn't get out of the 20s. BRRRRRRR! Some time ago I visited Mass and it didn't get out of the single degree temps for a few days. I said "dang - now this is cold!!!" I definately hid inside!!!
I know the feeling. I was supposed to work on a fire job this week - framing with a buddy. I was never so glad the phone didn't ring to tell me they were ready.
Been working on the 2nd floor here. It's enclosed but no heat, and I'm still cold.
Maybe Daddy had a reason to make sure I got thru college, so I could work indoors in this weather. The older I get, the more sense it makes.
Don K.
EJG Homes Renovations - New Construction - Rentals
If this was posted Wed morning, you must be having a heat wave.
It's 4 deg. outside my window.
I'm sittin here pickin' my azz all day.
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Just like two dogs eh??
"Christmas" slowdown came a wee bit early, like 3.5 weeks out.
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....."Christmas" slowdown came a wee bit early...."always fun this time of year,I hope you took his present back
I hope you took his present back
You must mean the burning bag of shlt that I was gonna toss on his front porch.
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You should have been outside last night. Got down to 2 deg. while I was trying to finish the work on my truck. Of course I couldn't find my gloves, so I had to stick my hands in my pockets every two minutes. Putting up some siding today and thankfully I located a pair of gloves.
Jim W.
Coventry Woodworking
You wont be doing what you are doing in the "Map your location photograph" today! It would be ice before it hits the ground! 4 degrees this mornin at the house, glad Im not on the back of a lobster boat today!
Got up this am, it was 6 degrees, and I was suppose to be installing railings on a wrap around porch on a Victorian in Mystic. Near the river. With the wind screaming the wind chills down into the negative numbers. I rolled over and said, not today. I did say goodbye to DW as she headed off to work at the hospital. Of course, they just voted to go on strike Dec 23, so come the 24th, I might be working underwater if it pays. Just have to ship a hole to slide in...
Layers, Brian, lotsa layers. But I'm sure you already know that... : )
"I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul." Invictus, by Henley.
It is so cold her in South Texas, I had to put my T shirt bak on while doing some tractor work.
Edited 12/14/2005 5:25 pm ET by txlandlord
put my T shirt bak on while doing some tractor work
So mean.
True.
Just mean.
Like that cold rain yet, or has it not quite reached you yet?Occupational hazard of my occupation not being around (sorry Bubba)
Yea, we had lots of rain yesterday. Not too cold. Sun is shining brite today and warm enough for just a T Shirt.
We better be careful, we'll have a bunch of the "It is 9 degrees outside." guys coming here for winter work.
We better be careful, we'll have a bunch of the "It is 9 degrees outside." guys coming here for winter work.
No problem, the ones who make it to Oklahoma just gripe about it (just kidding, honest <g>).
If the forecast for Tuesday & Wednesday holds out, they'd likely injure themselves watching Texans cope with snow, too . . . Occupational hazard of my occupation not being around (sorry Bubba)
Yeah, but we'd leave when it got hot.
I'd rather put up with the cold. Its easier to put clothes on than take them off. And I won't get arrested, and/or scare customers, by wearing too many clothes.
HOT? It only gets 105 here in Texas.
You get used to it, and then decide you need to hire some help and move to an air conditioned management postion.
Another problem, I cut grass year round. Fortunately, I have a tractor with a finish mower.
I start sweating when it gets into the 60s.
I hate the heat; much rather deal with the cold. But it doesn't really get all that cold in NJ- maybe into the teens few a few days
I knew there was a reson I try to be in Southern California in the winter. Must be memories of Michigan Ave. in Chicago in winter. Ladies wore mink for warmth.
The boss likes to wear long shorts and boots with his shirt. I usually have jeans and a T shirt with a sun hat. However, it has been a dry winter. Last winter was second wettest on record. The ToolBear
"Never met a man who couldn't teach me something." Anon.
Hi, Nick-
Just discovered form the member map that I'm your neighbor, in New London...small world!
You're the closest BT'r in these parts. Not a whole lot this way, but Mike Smith is not far in RI.
"I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul." Invictus, by Henley.
i'm with ya brother 6am this mornin' 15º , and i'm in the L-shaped corner of this house that will see no sun and catch's prevailing winds out of the north west. doin a wood roof..... SSDD.....but ya know i love it. in a perverse kinda way......slainte'" we judge ourselves by our motives, and others by their actions........."
Same way up here on Cape Ann. The wind gets whipping pretty good high above Gloucester Harbor. Feels a bit chillier than the advertised 14 or 15 degrees.
Another day, another dollar. But I gotta admit.... it was freakin' cold out there today. If there was a way to keep the hands warm, it'd be no sweat like another day at the office. My feet were chilly but fine. My body always stays warm. But the hands....
For me it always starts the same. First I can't feel my pinky finger, then my ring finger, then by the time it gets to my middle finger I don't feel comfortable using my saw so I gotta do something about it. I also worry about breaking one and not noticing until it's too late. (A finger, not a saw) Stick 'em in front of the exhaust on the compressor or in my armpits if I'm too far away from the compressor and get back to it. Was fine while we were setting the rafters, but when the fellas started the sheathing I went down below and started tie-ing rakes with cornice. It was the slow finicky work that killed me. I woulda given my right arm to kick one of the guys off the roof and take over the sheathing while he did the cornice work. Just so I could break a sweat and get warm. I finally gave up and just kicked off the gloves. If my hands are going to be freezing anyway, I might as well have some dexterity.
Oh well. Paying the cost to be the boss. At least we got the main house roof framed and sheathed today and I got 4 cornice returns and rakes tied in and finished up. With a good day tomorrow we'll get the roof on over the garage and family room and beat the muck coming on Friday. Here's to high hopes.
I must be getting soft.
We were up in the lift, chopping ice outta gutters, fixing busted seams, adding new leaf stoppers and snowcatchers...right about freezing with snow, sleet and rain all day..and wind..and wet hands ...I know how ya feel.
In about 10 minutes I'm gonna call and order a pizza. Then I'm gonna take a shower that's hot enough to make my azz itch. Then I'm gonna pay the pizza guy, light a fire, get in the recliner with a fleece blanket...... and pass out with pizza crumbs on my chest.
I can't wait. It's all I could think about all day and winter's barely started. Today was just practice, I'm afraid.
Here's to warm women, hot showers, dry socks, and cracking fires. And pizza.
-24 this morning when I started the F150. We're working inside, but the crew across the street is trying to finish up the roofing on a hybrid post-n-beam SIP job. Brrrrr!
The difference between 32 degree and 22 degrees is huge in my opinion. Can you tell the difference between 10 below and 20 below or does it just all register in the squash as "too f'in cold"?
It was 2 degrees when I woke up. ---------------------
Swimming through the ashes of another life, no real reason to accept the way things have changed. Wrapped in guilt, sealed up tight.
Above zero I can work framing. Down to maybe 10 below if there's no wind I can do heavier stuff like chainsawing and the like, and stay OK. I can crosscountry ski at between 15 and 20 below. Below that no matter what I am doing, my feet and hands can't take it.
But hey, I'm a retired desk guy. There seems to be guys, young and old alike, that can work up here outside most all winter.
During coffee break this morning, we looked out the window at the crew across the road, using propane torches to warm up the shingles so they would't go BAM when nailed down with a roofing gun. Still probably about 18 below or so.
Sure glad we're trimming and not framing.
"-24 this morning, and the crew across the street was roofing a hybrid post and beam SIP job?"
I'll tell ya man, that sounds like the correct temperature, and there was three guys putting the roof on MY post and beam/SIP house. I didn't see anybody across the street......
I know how you feel. It was eleven here and wind blowing this morning, but I had to be on site to meet Dig-safe and get my precast piers in position so when the excavator shows up tomorrow, there won't be any wasted time at $75/hr.
Strangely enough, I could easily get a steel stake in the ground, like as though there was no frost at all more than an inch or so deep. Grass with snow over it insulates better than I thought.
Cold sure makes you get tired easier though.
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Yesterday,...18 below 0 ...WE framed a deck. Not to bad , it warmed up to 10 by lunch.
Today,... 22 below 0 ... put the rail around the deck. Gotta do what you gotta do!!
Jay what are you wearing for gloves? Found anything that works for you?
22 below? God bless ya. I get icicles from my goatee at about 15. I'd freeze to the deck at 22 below.
Saratoga Springs, NY
It's 5 degrees this morning and there's a contractor roofing a colonial down the street. Nuts
>Here goes nothing. Eyes on the prize.<
Sounds like me 15 yrs ago. Now I tell everybody "roll over, sleep some more and be ready to go when the weather's being a little more reasonable." 'Course that's usually only on Sat & Sun.
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BTW.... I've seen some of your movies. Lucky guy. ;)
Apparently, you're the first person to catch that. Be the hedgehog.Birth, school, work, death.....................
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LMAO. The "hedgehog"...... priceless.
Just looked at your pic. I think that may really be me.Birth, school, work, death.....................
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I caught it. Last week I had him up as my BT profile picture. Nobody watches those. Anyway when I saw yours I almost cracked my head falling out of the chair. ROAR.
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Yea man it's killing me. Snicker snicker. I'm in tech school this week in Canton Ohio. It's cold outside but all I see of it is the walk back and forth from the shuttle bus. And that's all I want of it. I'm pampering myself. Even doing my nightly walk on the treadmill.
This is the good life baby. Except for the bruise they're putting on my brain in school. FAWK! I never knew catching a picture of a bank robber could require this many brain cells. I stick my brain in ice every night.
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It's a perfect 0 degrees on the thermometer this morning. Probably a good thing I put additive in the diesel last night.
Anyway.... Round 2.... and away we go.
Go get em tiger.
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Mission accomplished. Got the garage/family room gable up and the roof framed and sheathed today. 22' from the family room deck to the ridge. Yeehaw. Even had time to run some fascia, tarp the lumber, and make it home to take the wife to the Nutcracker ballet. Yup... I went to the ballet tonight.
It's nice to know I still clean up nice. ;)
Glad I started this little thread. It was a gut-check. For some reason this first real cold snap of the winter got to me this week and took the wind out of my sails. Feeling like I had to answer to this thread made me feel more accountable somehow. Anyway, now I don't have to feel guilty for doing paperwork tomorrow while the sleet/rain/snow is falling outside. And I'll get to pick up a nice check for having it all sheathed in. Sweet.
We are always here for you brother.
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I shouldn't complain. Mostly I get to stay inside and write. OK, the glare from the south facing window was a little hard to deal with this morning....
I have worked my share outside in the winter, and you've got my sympathy. I got a fair dose of it last Saturday night, just after the roads were mainly clear but slushy. Coming home from dropping off one of my kid's friends, and whompa, whompa, whompa. Flat tire. There are no streetlights where I live, so my boy and I ended up changing the tire by braille, either kneeling or laying in slush. Hot times in the old town that night.
Andy
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10 below zero this morning...I'll only be outside for an hour or so--ThankGawd!
Building RTA cabinets up for a condo kitchen today.