Closing The Roof

Ron and John finished framing and sheeting the hip roof above the master bathroom, then they finished framing the gable end and got one side of that roof sheeted. Tomorrow the last few sheets of OSB should be nailed in place on the roof. Ron & John worked through some bad weather today, we had rain or hail off and on all day with only a brief sunbreak in the early afternoon. I admire their fortitude.

Roof

We lost our internet access for a while this morning so this is a late posting:

Thursday was a beautiful day, 61F, and the crew was able to finish the roof framing on the West side. They also got most of the OSB laid down. Just a small spot above the master bath still needs sheeting. The weatherman had forecast rain late Friday afternoon and I was hoping the roof could be closed in before that but it started sprinkling at 7 AM and that turned into a steady rain by 9 AM. The gable ends on the garage bonus room and above the entry still need sheathing and it will be difficult work due to the height. I am hopeful the Plumber, Electrician and Roofer will be able to start in the next 2 weeks but there is still some internal framing, the columns around the entry as well as the West covered porch & dormers to frame

The lineman from Pacific Power & Light was supposed to come to our site at 9:30 AM to shut off the power so Logan could dig the rest of his trench and Mike from Custom Electric could lay the conduit with a pull rope in it. The lineman didn't show and after a while both Logan & Mike went back to other jobs. Since the lineman had set the time himself, I had Lynna call his boss in Albany to get him out here ASAP. He eventually showed up around 11 AM, long after my excavator & electrician had left. I told him to turn off the power anyway & fired up the generator for the framing crew. They were able to work through and got a lot more framing & sheeting done. I also met with 2 sheetrock subs and 2 painters, took them through the house & answered their questions. Our roofer, James, is ready to start as soon as we get everything sheeted.

Portable Power

After dinner, I moved a big stack of Maple Flooring and got out our generator. I had put some Stabil in the gas tank when I last filled it so after a few pulls, it started up with a big cloud of black smoke. It soon settled down and ran fine so everything is set for tomorrow. Time to rest my back!

More Roof

It was 25F when the crew started work this morning. The South & East sides that were sheeted yesterday had a nice white coat of frost and the wet floors inside had frozen again so everything was slippery. Ron & Bert proceeded to put the sheeting down on the west side of the Garage and house. They were careful to only walk on the new sheets which weren't slippery. Later in the day, I met with two different subs to get bids for venting our freestanding gas stoves, the boiler, the cooktop and dryer. It warmed up quickly this morning and was quite nice (60F) by the afternoon. John's crew had lost about 1/2 day dealing with some truss problems, so I rode my bicycle down to Freres Lumber to see if we could get some compensation from BJ's Truss Co. Dan was agreeable & told me to have John turn in a bill for the time. On my ride home, I stopped by the Hardware store to pick up a new drive belt for our riding mower. Tomorrow, Logan is coming back to dig the last part of the electric trench. Pacific Power will be shutting off the electricity while he digs. I'm getting my generator out tonight so John can keep working. Unfortunately, I will have to move some of the Maple flooring out of the way.