The Audi was pressed into service as a pickup truck this morning.  A couple of 2x4s attached to my home built kayak carrier made for a very simple but effective way to transport 4’x8′ sheet goods.  We ran out of sheathing panels yesterday and needed two more to complete the job.  Our original design was for a 20 foot long trailer and we calculated lumber requirements accordingly.  When we had to switch to a 24 foot trailer we knew that we would be coming up short on a lot of materials. While I was at Home Depot I also picked up the front door that Maya had picked out on a previous visit.

Motivated, as we have often been, by forecasted rain we made significant progress today.  We completed all of the wall sheathing, cut window openings that had been paneled over, completed the last of the wiring, installed an HDTV antenna and HDMI interface for the television, and wrapped the house in Tyvek.  The last job would have been impossible without help from Kyle. He unwrapped, supported and aligned the roll of 9′ wide material while Maya stapled it to the house. I ran around with scissors and a utility knife to cut the material to fit around fenders, jacks, and various other items. Tyvek (Dupont brand house wrap) provides an air and liquid water barrier between the sheathing and the frame/insulation while allowing water vapor to escape.