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   Schelling | Dec 09, 2003 02:57pm | #1

   Keep going. There are plenty of us that have no choice if we want to keep working. There will be some scraping of ice but choose your days, work carefully, and you will get it done fairly quickly. 

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   tenpenny | Dec 09, 2003 04:11pm | #2

   Keep working away as weather permits; make sure you work top down, though.  No point in doing the deck first, having it covered with 3 ft of snow, and then trying to work on the roof.  Put the roof on first, it'll keep some of the snow off the lower parts so you can work on them easily.  We just got 12" of snow, and I drove by many houses in various stages, from footings to sheathed.  Still working away on all of them.

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   mrhale | Dec 11, 2003 08:33pm | #3

   Thanks for the replys and encouragement. Of course now we are getting rain, snow is mostly gone, but very windy. Sheets of ply on 10 foot high roof not my idea of fun. Hopefully wind will die down before more cold and snow come.

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   AndyEngel | Dec 11, 2003 08:46pm | #4

   Definitely keep going. I've framed at 28 below, and as long as you dress right, keep moving and don't expect to set production records, you'll do fine.Andy Engel, The Former Accidental Moderator

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   andybuildz | Dec 11, 2003 10:46pm | #5

   I'm up to the second floor and then all of a sudden 2' of snow...luckily I had an inside job I did,  but come Monday we're back up there again no matter how cold it is....Snow suX though.....unless yer skiin'..(xmas week...yeeeeeee ha).....Cold I can deal with..hate shovelin'..rather be beatin' nails or poundin' the slopes....swooshhhhhh

   Be cold

              andy

   My life is my practice!

   http://CLIFFORDRENOVATIONS.COM

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   Mongo | Dec 12, 2003 07:56am | #6

   Brad,

   I'll join the others and tell you to try to get the roof on. Even if you just get sheathing and roll roofing, do what you can to protect the framing.

   If the job is subject to inspection by a building code official in your town, come Spring he could deem your framing too weathered and have you tear it down and start over.

   It doesn't happen often, but it has happened.

   Good luck, and look on the bright side. If your fingers are numb and you accidentally whack one with a hammer, no pain!

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   mrhale | Dec 15, 2003 06:27am | #7

   Caught a break, sheathed roof between storms. No banged fingers but was cold enough I may have and don't know it yet. Snowing now, will have to wait for the grace ice shield.