I have a lot of leftover osb because I suck at making material lists, plus they gave 2 pieces they packed the door with. It’s going on the back wall of the grooming stall. I’ll paint it eventually so it doesn’t look so chincy.
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Great idea. Maybe you’ll have more left over OSBs in the future to fill the gaps. You could now easily pin some nice fotos on there or screw in some hooks etc. A nice big poster of some of your horses would be decorative (but forgive, that’s just me getting creative) 
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Oh I’ve got tons. Just didn’t have time tonight to finish it. I’ll still have sheets left over. Did I mention I suck at material lists??
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It seems this is so (as I, like you, had always assumed):
Word History
Etymology
Yiddish shlepn , from Middle High German sleppen , from Middle Low German slēpen
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Do you have to build to code and be inspected?
No. I have a feeling an inspector will swing in when I do the barn addition though.
The rat runs are to hold the trusses straight during construction - they come wavy and not true on the truck. The new header across those posts does the same thing. I added the knees just for peace of mind. 
Eta: put it this way. Every joist is another rat run. They’re 16 oc. I’m good. The rat runs at that point are just for any small waves in the truss, and there are two per. I took one, and added the knees just in case the first one fails.
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It’s just that your stairs, with the lack of railings above and on the sides look very hazardous. Nice, but hazardous. 
Ha, that got built today. it was on the list, just didn’t have time until this morning.
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Oh, good! I could just see someone stepping backward while in the loft and falling down the stair opening.
I am obviously not the most coordinated person and can injure myself in many different ways, but that would be a hell of a fall.
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My mom described it as “a deadly hole” haha
I can see myself with a handful of stuff not seeing the opening well and biffing it.
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Yep. That would be a huge bummer.
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Finished the osb wall (need to figure a way to secure them cleanly, they’re just sitting on the girts for now), the afore mentioned handrail, and one wall of tongue and groove done
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That’s so lovely. May I ask if you have done such things before? Your speed and quality sure looks like you are used to doing such things. I would take months for this whilst you only took days 
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No, not really. The closest I’ve come is building a set of jumps.
I enjoy working on cars/tractors, so I’m a wrench turner more than a carpenter.
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Right?!? That’s what I keep thinking-- carpentry projects always take me so much longer.
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The T&G looks very nice. Are you doing drywall on the interior walls of the tack room or something else?
Probably also t&g. Drywall is too sensitive to moisture, and until I fix the leaks I need something somewhat forgiving.
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We used inside and outside the tackroom those 4’ x 8’ sheets of plywood “project” panels/veneer we stained and the cabinets were from the scratch and dent at Home Depot, look like new, little defects don’t show:
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That looks awesome!
Yours is coming along super and just one man job, wow!
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