In which 2 shirts got completely soaked and still drying.

Cut and installed the 1x4 on top of the wall studs and then did the same with the 2x6 with the front of it even with the front of the top windows.  Installed a 2x4 shim on the end of one of the porch rafters to bring it out to the length of the other two and then installed a 2x4 across the 3 of them starting at the east room wall.  Measured and cut 4 rafters and installed them, then installed 3 2x4's on top of them for the roofing to attach to.  Next with Cat's help, got a 4x6 sheet of the green plastic and put it on top and screwed it down to use as a temp roof at least till tomorrow, just in case it rains tonight.

After looking at how dark it got inside when the plastic went on, I think I'm going to remove it, the 2x4's and rafters and reposition the rafters to allow for 2 more windows up there.  Will add metal and or plastic sheeting at the top, bottom, and seams to handle the water coming off the rest of the roof.  Next summer I'll do what I have to to cut down on the heat buildup.  By the time I finished putting tools and such up it was getting dark and I was done and done in.  Been sitting at the computer watching a movie since, other than a short time out eating supper.  Am gonna do a bit of browsing and maybe read a bit and then call it a night, so till tomorrow... ;-)

Am feeling the work I did yesterday, but am still moving, abet more slowly.

Cut a piece of 1x2 for a base plate and screwed it into the side of the 2x8 dropped down about 3/4 of an inch from the top.  This allows a place for the window bottom to sit as well as an outside plate to lock the blocks in.  Will do something similar on the inside a bit later in the process.  Set a 1x4 against the east wall and screwed it in to hold it for measuring, then placed the bottom window in place and ran a screw into the wall, locking it in place.  Set the top window in place and marked the 1x4, then took it all down, removed the 1x4 and cut it to length, which is about 3/4 of an inch below the top of the window.  Measured the 1x4 I had cut, then hit the wood piles and located some 2x4's of about the correct lengths for uprights between the windows.  Cleaned the nails from them and cut the one that needed it (one was the correct length already!).  Screwed the 1x4 into the wall and put the bottom window back in place.  Spaced the next bottom one about a half inch from the first and using flattened metal bottle caps as washers screwed one of the 2x4's into place between them.  Put the end 2x4 in pace and screwed some bracing from the porch upright and another brace to the ground, then attached the bottom of it to the 2x8 plate.  Added a couple of screws to hold the edge of the window to the 2x4 and then put a 1x4 over the bottom of both windows and screwed it to the 1x2 against the block.  Put the top two windows in place and added a few screws and bottle cap washers to support them and came in to take a cooling off break.  Next will be to cut a 1x4 to top the uprights with and then add another 2x4 to the east end to make a post and cap over it all with a 2x6 to the front edge of the windows for a header for the short rafters to attach to.

I'll get the camera charged and take some pix of this when I go back out so maybe it will make a bit more sense.  Tis all getting built out of my head with NOTHING on paper.  Decided I do better than way most of the time so may as well just go for it.  More in a bit... ;-)

Cooling down again after eating a late lunch. 

Found the propane torch and tried heating the screws.  Works MUCH better than impact to break them loose and doesn't loosen the putty either.

Finished rough leveling the first section of blocks from the wall to where the door will be and it turns out that there is only a 2 inch difference between the blocks and the windows so works out just right. 

Still debating on how to do the wall.  To begin with I had planned to lean it from the block wall to the roofline and may still end up doing it that way, but I keep thinking of the heat gain in the summer months which I wouldn't have if I run the windows vertical and extend the roof at a steeper angle from existing roof line to the top of the windows.  Doing it the second way will increase the number of cuts necessary to build it but will also make it harder for hail and falling objects to break the glass.    After thinking it through a bit I think I have to go with the second way of doing this.  Just makes more sense all the way around.  Guess I need to see just how high the windows will sit so I can figure out the new roofing requirements.

More later... ;-)

Started posting this on Twitter and decided to move it to the blog as I was already into the third tweet and not even close to done with it. 

Moved 1x4's, 2x4's, and the saw/work stands to new greenhouse area. Collected assorted cement blocks, dug a somewhat level area going east from room extension east wall.  Laying the block starting at wall going east. Dry stacking for now. Will plaster or mud/cement coat later. Only going 2 blocks high for the wall base and am going to use it as the outside retaining wall when I build a planting bed inside greenhouse later. Will cap the block with a 2x8 and set 2x4's at an angle going to underside of the existing porch rooff so the water runoff will run down the glass and then off the 2x8 outside the block.  Will most likely add some form of gutter at the top and bottom of the glass wall to try to control the runoff.  Started removing the hardware from the metal framed windows I am using for the greenhouse wall. Having to use impact to loosen the painted over screws and it's breaking the glazing putty loose.  Bummer! Means I will have to reglaze the glass much quicker than I had planned.  Think I will see if a propane torch will heat/burn the paint off enough to allow the screws to come out without impact.  Got 20+ 6 pane windows to go and REALLY don't want to have to reglaze them all, but where the hardware is located, it has to come off so I attach them to the 2x4's and get a good seal.  Always something to keep life interesting. 

Had to come in as the sweat was dripping off my elbows and all my clothes were soaking wet.  Will go back out in a bit after I've had a chance to cool off some.  More later... ;-)

Well that last one didn't work out too well so gonna try again.  Thought Gmail supported drag and drop but guess not or not in linux.  So using the attached file bit to see how it works that way.

Here goes nothing... ;-)

Wanting to see if this Posterous post once to post to several places is gonna work.  The big thing I don't like is that they host the pictures (and other files) rather than them going to the blog site.  Will see how it goes.

Here's a couple of pictures of the living area.  First one is of the new stairs and plant shelves.  Second one is of the heating/cooking stove with doors open in fireplace mode.