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I redrew the crude plans with autocad and then laid out a jig on the deck. 1 After two sizing checks I started laying out the pieces. Pieces were cut on other homemade jigs (not shown). 2 I glued the pieces with glue for extra strength. 3
I nailed the truss pieces with an old hilti gun my brother picked up at a garage sale for $2. I have repaired it a few times with homemade parts because it is obsolete. 4 I had to find a way to flip half completed trusses by myself. I started working the truss over on one of the top pieces. 5 6
7 This was not easy! 8 Putting on the remaining collars and gussets. 9
Could not wait for help or project would never get done. I had to stack the trusses up because I would run out of room on the deck if I didn't. Put cleats on the deck and started propping it up with a 4ft piece of wood. 10 Now a 10 foot prop. 11 Larger piece used, 10 footer drops. 12
Here I am pulling the rope to pull to top. 13 Flyrafter assembly. Lookouts were interlocked with first truss. 14 Finally all of the trusses were up! On to the sheathing. 15
Two rows of sheathing were added to strengthen the trusses. I was unable to get help for the sheathing so I placed it myself. On the side sheathing I started with blocks to hold the placed sheathing while I nailed it. After the first row I used Simpson H clips to hold the sheet in along with a wood clamp. It was suggested that I place a gable end on the building to stop the roof from behaving like a wing and flying away. Roof sheathing stopped and efforts were directed toward the gable end. 16 After reviewing a construction book and draing the gable end on autocad I assembled the end. I used 12 inch headers because I got the 12 inch wood almost free at Home Depot's bargain bin. 17 I sheathed most of the gable end. This was a lot of ladder work. I did drop a few sheets in the process. It was tough on my hands. 18
I used 1/2 inch plywood on the sides and 5/8 for the roof. Here I am raising a 5/8 sheet as high as possible. I would then prop it on the ladder. After climbing onto the scaffoldiing I would pull the sheet off of the ladder and then push it onto the roof. 19 20 Almost done, one sheet left to go. Of course the last sheet I cut into had a huge pocket due to delamination, it had to be returned.... 21
22 It took me two full days to tar paper the roof. I was unable to find any help so I had to come up with a way to do the job myself. 23 I had to come up with a way to roll the paper out by myself. I came up with a spool by stringing a rope through the paper. My first attempt was to have the spool roll along a pulley and rope on the side of the building. This method did not work. I then placed nails on the roof and had the spool hang after I rolled it out. The hanging nails were placed at the same horizontal level so the tar paper rolled out straight. 24
Finally, the tar paper is up! Now a few more strips of wood to hold the tar paper down in the wind. Next step will be the steel roof. 25 My father and I get started on the metal roof! 26 All done the roof panels, two days worth of work. 27
The start of the rafter tails.28 29 Using HD6G to build up ramp.30
Ramp Built up enough for bridge. 31 Using Scaffolding to apply scratch coat, then brown coat, then stucco. Lots of movement of the scaffolding.32  

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