Early morning on Sterling Pond

 
Filling the gable ends

Carrying the metal roofing

Installing the final sheet of roofing

Gathering for the Dedication

Report: On Saturday we started early. Bill and Eric filled in the gable ends and installed the metal roofing and cap. The remaining four workers cleaned up the site. Some salvageable material was carried over to Watson. It was a full work day, with cool and crisp weather.

On Sunday the dedication was held. Bill Clark, Ben Rose, and Andrew Nuquist spoke. They keys to the shelter were turned over to the adopters, who were joined by their families at the Shelter. People attending the dedication carried out tools and trash. The weather was cool, with occasional showers. Ben Rose noted that it rains every time he visits Sterling Pond.

Attaching more siding

Photos for the LTN?

Eric adds a brace to the rake ladder while Bill watches

Painting some of the siding

Mike looks over the strapping.

Completing the fascia.

Bill and Eric attach roofing.

Report: Saturday was a lovely fall day. Duncan had earlier nailed the available siding. And Smugs had carried up additional siding for us. We peons carried the new material from the ski lift to site, nailed it up, and painted it. Bill and Eric continued work on the roof, attaching the remaining rake ladders and the sub-fascia.

Sunday: Another beautiful day. We completed installation of the fascia and installed strapping for the roof. We installed four roof panels.

The first rake ladder is installed

Hardware cloth keeps people (and some smaller creatures) from running under the shelter.

Andrew and Allen work on the siding.

Report: Nasty weather restricted work to a single day: Monday. Earlier in the week, Eric built some of the "rake ladders" that extend the roofline. On Monday two of them were installed, as was some of the siding. The decking was completed.

Bill and Eric installing rafters

In the rain on Sunday

Report
Saturday: Some of the rafters were cut and installed. The remainder of the tongue-and-groove boards were painted. The decking is complete, except for the narrow pieces at either side.
Sunday: Bill and Eric stayed overnight and finished the rafters Sunday morning. Wet weather prevented further work on Sunday.

Joists are installed.

Applying stain to the decking

Installing the upper LVLs

Installing the decking

Report
Saturday: Posts erected and joists installed. Most of the decking/siding (tongue and groove) was painted/stained.
Sunday: Diagonal bracing and upper LVL installed; decking installed.

A Shelter Adaptor prepares the ground.

Cutting rabbets.

The work will include moving 80-pound bags of concrete from the top of the chair lift to the construction site (about 0.2 miles), and mixing that concrete.

Report Accomplished as planned. The big feet and sonotubes were positioned and filled. The ground was smoothed and roots removed.  Rabbets were cut in the vertical posts, to support the LVLs.

Lumber was stacked and covered.

Corner holes were full of water.

Report: Accomplished as planned.  Over a dozen people worked through a dark and rainy day (2 inches of rain) to move material from the top of the chair lift to the shelter site. The heaviest pieces (10 foot 8x8 pressure treated columns) were carried in slings by a sturdy gang of ten. (KH)

This past Saturday, July 9th, was a complete success in spite of hurricane "Cindy's" large amounts of rain. With a total of 21 volunteers including myself we were able to move all of  the lumber from the top of the Ski lift to the shelter site in the pouring rain.  Early afternoon, we had an in fusion of young energy from some GMC staff members and Long Trail Patrol.  However, the 15+ bags of cement we left in the lift shack to keep them dry and will be moved when we start the foundation work on July 23-24th. We did not have the roof, wheel barrow, generator/rock drill, and a few other items which will need to come up later.  (DW)

Report Accomplished as planned - and more! We discovered that the underlying rock is not quite what we expected, so we must review plans for the foundation (footings).