Sometimes you just have to take top secret pics even when you are not supposed to!
I’ve alway wondered what the Hollywood walk of fame looked like.
Thanks Sean. I had seen something similar was going to include it in my post but couldn’t find it!
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How far we’ve come!
EDIT: from the website.
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The Seattle Cedar mill, located just west of the Ballard Bridge, was the largest in Ballard. At the mill, logs were cut into lumber which was then dried for at least nine months before being sold. The stacks of drying lumber were over 50 feet high. In 1958, these stacks caught fire and burned. Ballard residents remembered the huge blaze for many years.
In this photo, a workman stands partway up one of the tall stacks of drying lumber
Today you can’t stack 6 14 footers and expect them not to fall over if you breathe on them!
This week, among other things, I hung 3 more joists, took down two 4x7 sheets of 11/32 plywood. cut them to fit above the joists and installed them doubled in thickness. I’m glad that whomever hung the wall plywood used star drive screws. The next guy won’t be so lucky as I’m using plenty of finish nails with an air nailer.
Next is to finish hanging the joists and frame the access hatch. Then I can close in the cieling insulation. So far the furnace is maintaining 60F without a problem.
I forgot pictures. I’ll add a few later tonight.
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Let’s further derail Jon’s thread 
Bill,
Did you stop and ponder how they managed to stack the lumber that high back in the day?
Here is one solution, a “stacker” from an old picture hanging on my train room wall.
Not real plain to see in this snap but I think you can make it out.
Here is another one mounted on an old truck for motive power, although incomplete I think the basic operation can be made out.
Here are the catch-up pictures of the first section of North storage decking…
It always seems that what I anticipate getting done in a day is way too ambitious. Today I hung the last of the 14 foot ceiling joists and hurricane ties. I wanted to get the rest of the storage decking at least cut, but removing the last of the existing collar ties darn near killed me. This one held up the end of the roll up door rails. Both ends had 7 3" nails…
Once I finally had it down I was ready to clean up and quit for the day.
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The framing for the cieling is finally complete…
Now to design and install a hatch and finish hanging installation. My goal is to be closed in by Christmas and then take some time off from this project.
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For the hatchway shown in the above picture, I had planned on using two hinged doors of 3/4" ply. The opening is 60" wide, but at the outer edges there is just over 20" up to the roof rafter, so a 30" door could not be fully opened.
I am considering a tri-fold door in a number of different configurations or just two hinged 20" doors with a drop-in center section. Before I start fabricating that I’m going to see how far a 30" door will open before hitting the rafter. It might just be enough saving me a bunch of work!
Install a latch/i hook to hold the door to the rafter … it might be enough
Before I started this project today, I referred to The Book of Rooster and decided to keep it simple. 2 sections 30" x 27" each held in by gravity. No hinges or latches. Just lift up and slide half or both out of the opening.
The piece of leftover siding I planned to use was about a half inch short on width, so I ripped down a few of those 1x2’s I made yesterday (local lumber yard only had 1x8 left) to extend the trim at the top. By lunch the hatch was complete…
The opening and the clearance to the peak is just enough to get 12 foot 2x4’s up there. Since I’m done with framing, I moved all my leftover dimensional lumber up there to get it out of the way. I’ve got one twisted 14 footer left that I’ll probably cut down and see if I can salvage 8 foot of it.
Moving on to insulation and more electric work. Before I can finish the ceiling insulation I need to move a stack of plywood so I can take down the last two of the wall panels.
The finish like for the insulation phase is coming into view 
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Have you considered gluing hard foam insulation that will stay in place for the hatch?
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Yes. Eventually I’ll grab a sheet of 2" foam. That will make it more difficult to slide one side over the other. Maybe another thin piece of plywood on top of the foam
Good move on the “lift and slide”* method, that’s how our attic hatch is. Gives you flexibility on where to lay the pieces, or even take them out.
Or is it “lift and separate,” according to the other (Jane) Russel? 
Yeah, that philosophy did a complete 180, or is is a 90? Ask Victoria.
It was too nice to work inside today. It got up to 62F and mostly sunny after an extremely cold and gloomy start to the week. I winterized gas powered tools, cleaned up some leaves and had a huge bonfire. All the scrap siding (new and old) and wood cut-offs fed the fire along with a two month collection of brush.
Before I quit yesterday I had all but about 30 square feet of the cieling insulated. I need to move my plywood supply before I can finish. Before I can move the plywood I need to finish wiring one outlet then re-insluate about 10 feet of wall.
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One day before the official start of winter, the ceiling is closed in…
Just 6 more wall bays to re-do and insulation is complete. There is one more outlet box to wire as well.
I may have posted a similar shot before, but this is why I am removing and reinstalling all the existing wall insulation…
Folded and compressed batts are not effective. Some of this will get R-15 since I have 4 batts leftover from the ceiling.
Next up is cutting and painting plywood panels for the ceiling. I don’t plan on starting to install ceiling panels until after the new year.
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A major milestone was reached this evening. All insulation and interior electrical work is done. Three days ahead of target!!!
Just for fun, after dark I turned on the attic lights and turned off the lower level lights. I looked all around the ceiling for light leaks and found none!
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Insulation done? Mmmmm toasty.
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