Lumber Party!

Noah's first non-Lego construction project with Eric and Grandpa Stu!

It turns out that Lowes will deliver lumber the same day that you order it. So we’re all set! Although we’re not putting up our sukkah until October 9 (the day after Yom Kippur, which happens to be a Sunday), Eric decided to get a head start by putting all the brackets in the wood this afternoon. (In case you’re curious, the walls are the cheapest lattice we could get, but we splurged a few extra cents for pressure-treated lumber for all of the beams except the roof slats.)

The Sukkah Project claims its kits are Klutz-proof, but we discovered a couple of issues that could trip a klutz like myself up. So Eric, ever the engineer, wrote up this little report for the next folks who put one together:

Deviations and issues from Sukkah Plan:

1. We were told to order seven 2” X 4” X 93” studs. We could only get  2” x 4” x 8 ft studs that needed to be cut down to 2” x 4” x 93”.

2. The 2” x 4” x 93” studs did not easily fit the brackets sent with the Sukkah kit.  One of the eight brackets required us to shave down one of the studs about 1/32” to fit the bracket.  Three other brackets needed to be gently forced on with a hammer (Used a block of wood cut from the stud above between the hammer and the bracket to ensure no damage to the bracket).  It should be noted that these issues were related to the studs and not the brackets.  

  

Thanks, hon!