When working on any sort of construction project, I often “plan as I go.” In other words, I generally have no idea what I am doing, but I don’t let that slow me down—I just get to work and hope the details sort themselves out as the work unfolds.
I am
currently fastening metal siding to an existing sauna down at the lakefront.
It’s a little tricky because I am fastening to an uneven log structure.
Naturally, I have had to do a lot of stopping and thinking, and I have also cut
some weird pieces of wood to create points for fastening the metal to the
uneven structure.
After
cutting one short length of treated 2 x 4 material, I decided to clean up my
“construction site” while I thought in depth about my next move. After about
ten minutes of cleaning and pondering, I picked up my drill and some screws,
thinking I would fasten in place the last length of treated 2 x 4 I’d cut. And
that’s when it occurred to me that I’d pitched the piece I cut into the burn
pile while cleaning.
Once
again, we have firm proof that I am an idiot, likely in need of a better plan.
—Mitchell Hegman
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