Time to take a break

[ray]

I was replacing the stove pipe for the wood burner in the garage / workshop, up on the roof a steep pitch ( 5 - 12 ) , 88 degrees , no clouds, when I saw 5 turkey buzzards circling over head. Hummm time to take a break !!!

Ray

[bc_z]

very wise, and there is always time to go back when cooler & rested.  Had a friend fall from only 4' off of step ladder = shattered pelvis in 12 places just before last Thanksgiving - still recooping.

[dimwittedmoose51]

Yeah, I keep looking for one of those used pole vault pit foam contraptions at these yard sales so when I fall off the roof, it's not a big deal.  "Hey, I just cleared 24' 2 1/4" !!!!!!"........with the nail gun still in my hand....

[Wrenchmensch]

Guys,

I installed an 8" triple wall stainless flue through the 12 -12 pitch of my man cave and installed a new skylight.  This was all done last summer. To accomplish these things safely , I constructed an 8-foot "ladder" with 2  12" right-angle pieces at the top (to hook over the ridge and secure the ladder).  This left both hands free to work on the flue and skylight installations.   The ladder was the second one I built.  The first one was made 25+ years ago when I shingled the 12 - 12 pitch on the future mancave.  I stored that one outside, and the gray squirrels, coupled with dry rot, destroyed it.  The new one is safe in the garage.

[Papaw]

I sure like that cabin! Reminds me of my parent's hideaway in Arkansas.

[stanley62]

Awesome Man cave...  Are the walls inside covered in old tools???

[dimwittedmoose51]

How the heck does snow stick on that roof????  Hasn't it heard of GRAVITY???

[Wrenchmensch]

Snow sticks on the roof as long as the inside temperature is within a few degrees of the outside temperature.  Once the stove is lit, the snow may start to melt, but from the bottom up.

I designed and built the building in the early '80s. It's 21' long and 10' 6" wide. Inside it's 21' long and 8' 3" wide. It's first use was as a boat house, and it had ramps and a winch to use in pulling a boat on a trailer up inside for storage.  Last summer, I sold the long unused boat. I put in a new floor, a woodburning stove, some old Andersen windows I had, and I ran a 20 amp service from the house through a buried Schedule 80 PVC conduit to a sub-panel in the building and wired the building.

As far as tools go, they are all in our de-humidified basement. They aren't as rugged as my friends are. 

The only thing of note on the walls is the 21 inch rainbow trout one of my friends carved and painted.