June 20 - Roof Trusses Arrive

The trusses have arrived. The Amish are ready start building the roof on the house today.

Unfortunately, the winds are gusting 20-30 mph again this morning. 

About 9:45 I was talking to Paul De Jong as he continued to work on the septic installation. He showed me the control box and the filters that he will inspect and clean twice a year. 

The picture above was taken minutes before my conversation with Paul. I walked away towards the dock to get a pic of the deck framework, turned and saw two sheets of plywood flying off the deck towards Paul. You can see the sheets on the deck in the pic above. When I got back up the hill, his son-in-law Chad was attending to Paul. Both sheets had struck him in the back and he was down. 

Chad got him some water and some Advil out of the truck. I sure hope he's okay but I'm fearful he'll be hurting for a period of days. He has a large welt across the middle of his back behind his left rib cage. Hopefully, he didn't break a rib. Below is a pic of the two sheets on the ground and Paul and Chad to the left.

I went to find the Amish team lead and advised him to get the plywood sheets off the deck which they did. They failed to tack down the sheets that they were standing on to work on the deck. They had moved on to other work and left the sheets loose on the deck in this wind. Not good. 

As I write this Paul is back in the hole instructing Chad on how to finish up the PVC pipe work and get the system buttoned up. Chad is not very experienced and just learning. He's not experienced with the excavator. We are expecting rain this evening and Paul wants to finish before it might rain. Stay tuned for the outcome.

5:30 pm....Paul and Chad are back to finish up the septic. Paul had x-rays which will not be read until tomorrow morning but it appears nothing is broken. I know he's going to be really sore. He has other jobs to do yet this week and then next week he is heading to Joplin, MO with others from his church to offer their services for the week. He's really a good man.

The Amish will not be working tomorrow because of the expected overnight storms. They do not want to operate their rented loader in wet muck. The wind blew and blew and is still blowing. I don't know how they did it but they managed to get a good start on setting roof trusses.

First trusses are hoisted into place.