So this is the last regular consecutive episode for this series. My work is not completed there but I have been elsewhere wrapping up loose ends, doing small jobs start to finish (some of which I've been filming) and the footage has caught up to me. At this point in the job all of my initial inspections are passed and approved with the other subs starting to take over with all of their rough-in work. I will be back to start working with the window crew and the crane to place the larger units and strategically position others so as finish with the crane and get it moved to the next jobsite. Once the subs are done there will be plenty of pickup work on the structural end of things to do and I'll film as much of that as I can.
I was going to shoot a sit-down talk thru of the series and everything that went on during it but I'm not really that comfortable with talking on camera and it's just easier to organize my thoughts by typing them out here so I will :-)
For the build I estimated 16 weeks for framing, and 3 weeks for the steel fabrication and install, this proved to be a very close estimate. During the winter there was an entire week plus a few days that the entire area was mostly impassible and the jobsite was completely inaccessible as well as being without power for most of that time. There was another week that a storm landed at my house (40 minutes west) that left 24" of snow and mess in it's wake that I had to fight out of to get to and from work for another week. There was a major stall out early in the job on getting the sewer hooked up that kept me from bringing my crane in for at least a month and that cost me some time and effort as well to work around. I had originally hoped to have the crane there by week two or three but it was week 7 i think before it happened. I also took a few days to build the rock wall but I managed to salvage some extra credit at each end of those days.
Health and energy wise was about par for the course, I knew I would be working extra hours to get it all done so I leaned in early and although I kept it to 8-9 hour days on site for framing most of the days started early in my shop and/or ended later either picking up or moving material or back at the shop for evening steel fab making for 10-12 hour days usually. I'm used to an afternoon walk loop of about 3.5 miles that takes me about an hour and is normally 4-6 days a week for me. I suspended this for most of the build and suffered for it a bit as I use it to unwind and reorganize my thoughts each day and getting back into that program has felt great to do. Also during this build I kept up with the regular small jobs that roll thru my shop including many small welding jobs, an extra credit jib crane footing pour that will be a video and the ingot molds for the Tally Ho project. February through April was pretty much 7 days a week as I was busy with assembling a 50x80 steel building with some friends. I had walking pneumonia from part 9 thru the end of part 11 I think and maybe into part 12 but I don't remember mentioning it or even really noticing when I went through the clips.
With my channel only a couple months old at the start there was a lot to learn and through the past 5 months I've been able to streamline things immensely as I worked out my system to keep up regular postings. With multiple phone glitches and one complete and utter computer failure thrown in the mix there was some really tense moments but my brother is a whip-smart I.T. guy and my son an absolute Wizard so my tech support was near instantaneous when I needed it and everything worked out and is better for it.
I would also really like to spend some time thanking all of the channels subscribers new and old for your support and interaction. I'm still amazed that there are so many of you that have tuned in to watch the series and quite frankly I'm not sure I would've been able to keep pushing to shoot and post without the continued steady support and growth of the channel as it went along. Although I realize that video series here on youtube do the best, my next series won't be starting for 4-6 weeks and my weekly videos will be smaller onesy-twosy jobs in the meantime. Hopefully you'll find them interesting as well and I'll be able to shoot enough to keep up with things. Please remember that it's YOU being here that is the reason for me being here and without you watching and clicking and interacting then there's really no point. I'm not cross platformed anywhere else on the internet and have/have had zero socials elsewhere so you all moving it around out there helps tons:-)
Take care and see you next Thursday!
-Jake