#4 Pirate Ship Playhouse - Captains Quarters Build

HEY THAR!
This bee's Captain HighTide

Spring / Summer 2009 -Captains Quarters

I built the Captains quarters and

 upper roof/deck and also stained and clear coated

the newly completed exterior.

I began framing the Captains Quarters

with 2X4's and 4X4's

I added some 2X8's to the top of the Hull

and then topped them with 1/4 Luan underlayment.

 

 

I purposely left the vertical stud posts longer than the final length so that I could measure and cut them at the same time and not screw up and have one shorter than the rest.

So have you ever cut a piece of wood that is standing straight up and oh I don’t know about 14 feet in the air? Well once its cut free, Yep, it goes airborne because you have to cut it with your saw at a 90 degree sideways angle and it lands on the circular saw blade that’s going oh I don’t know? About 100,000 rpm and Shwing! The piece of 2x4 Fly’s over the fence about 20 feet in the air and into the neighbor’s yard, landing on the roof of their metal utility shed with a loud BANG! and then lands on the ground next to their dogs.  I told my very cool neighbor about it a week later when I saw him and he said that he didn’t see it, so maybe his two dogs made a chew toy out of it?

And there he is…. The real Captain of the ship, Blacky

 

 

ROOF/DECK

Installing the Plywood Sheathing

 

 

Ground level Picture

Ladder Level Picture

ROOF CAMERA SHOT! BABY!

 

I did some interior work inside the Captains Quarters right before winter and was able to install some interior siding, some 2X6 tongue & groove flooring and pre-wire the electrical box and circuits for a few things such as TV, Refrigerator, Microwave, and lighting. I also installed in the floor a small vent for cooling and heat.

I found a small piece of thick tempered glass and made a glass section in the floor. I’m going to put treasure under the glass and maybe something special?
 

This is where Blacky sleeps, Under the glass.

So this is as far as I got on the Pirate ship playhouse project in 2009. I didn’t bother to spend $100 on a tarp this time to cover it up, The ship had to endure the weather that year.
 

So Thanks for viewing the Pirate Ship project

Go To Part #5 by clicking the link below

http://pirateshipplayhouseproject.blogspot.com/2010/10/5-pirate-ship-playhouse-project.html

This be Captain HighTide McKnotts Signing off to go explore another

seashell by the seashore

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