Time has certainly flown by this last year in Amity. And, almost exactly one year after I built my shop, I am finally getting electricity brought to it and will have lights and outlets.

Here is a photo gallery of our largest DIY project to-date, The Shop Build. From the first day of digging post holes, to the final day of installing the roll-up garage door, it took 9 days. I had help from some of my favorite people: Dayne helped me set all the posts in concrete; Nick helped get the roof trusses up; Ken helped with the framing of the walls and the door opening and part of the roof; Dean helped me do all the wall steel. And of course my wife Karen with her total support and encouragement as I worked 16 hour days and my boys who scrambled up and down the roof and scaffolding, and were relentless in their assistance. THANK YOU to everyone who helped.

If you click an image the photo gallery will open and you can flip thru each image.

Sunday morning
Posts notched
Monday morning
Trusses and roof purlins
Monday afternoon
Monday night
Tuesday afternoon
Wednesday morning
Wednesday mid-day
nice to work in the shade
Thursday afternoon
Friday morning
wall framing detail
view from front
Whoops, tractor into post!
Putting up the walls
Final wall of steel
Sunday afternoon-Completed