The winds have returned to our little corner of the world. It is only my second Fall transition in this magical place, but the pattern has returned. Most of the Summer had moments of wind, but not like the Fall and Winter winds. Bone rattling, feet lifting, furniture moving, step ladder relocating winds. It is a sight and feeling that is still a bit new to me, but a challenge to prepare and plan for. Empty buckets or bins? Plan to descend the ridge behind the house and go hunting.
I am unsure of the speeds we reached overnight, but it was enough to waken me at one point, merely for the sounds. Up for an hour now with coffee and music, a full moon makes it easy to read the trees and see the motions, the level of violence the wind is creating.
I can happily report the house is more stable than it’s ever been. The three eighths inch thick steel plates are strong, long and tying eight logs together with thirty two three inch heavy duty lag screws. A man of technology not structural engineering, I do not know why the second window broke, but my confidence is greater heading into winter with the updates made thus far. Finding workers here is tough on short notice, so stabilization for the Winter, and finding an engineer over same to get the house inspected next Spring is the plan, unless I get lucky and find someone between gigs.
For reference, below is all that was left of my nine inch D-log under the windows. More stable than it was with this versus my new D-log, and sans steel plates? I can only hope it is more stable!
