Covered Porch

Today Ron worked on framing up the covered porch for our West entry door. Bert helped and John did some of the heavy lifting & cutting. We like how it is turning out and it really adds to the street side looks of the house. Both our stucco bids were very high, so I met with another siding contractor this afternoon. We may go with cement board lap siding or shingles.

Bonus Room

The roofers worked Sunday afternoon but it was raining & hailing Monday so they stayed away. The rest of the roofing was delivered Monday afternoon. Ron worked on the stairway up to the bonus room and Bert put some more sheeting on the North end of the garage. John was only here for part of the day, and when he came, the crew got the bonus room floor sheathing installed. We made a few changes in the layout to get about 20 more square feet in the room.

South Roof

The roofers came back today, Saturday, and worked for a while. It was our first warm day of the year, but they made good progress. It was James' birthday, so we appreciated the hard work when he could be with his family. One of the Stucco reps left us a sample that is close to the color we want, so Lynna brought it up to try and visualize how the house will look. The roof color is going to look good against the stucco.

Roofing

Today John & Ron were scheduled to miss a day on my project so they could do some final framing changes on their previous job. The plumbers came early and worked all day. The roofer and his helper came about Noon and began rolling out the 30# felt & stapling it down. About half the roofing material was delivered in the afternoon with the balance coming Monday. Lynna & I watched the truck crew unloading onto our roof. The big guy stayed on the truck hefting bundles of shingles onto the conveyor belt while the little guy scrambled around catching the bundles then carrying them across to stack on the far side.

They must have some kind of seniority system!

Dormers

John & Ron built the dormers today, they really improve the street side of our home and it will look even better when they build the covered porch for the West entry. I met with two stucco reps today & hope to have their bids early next week. The plumbers worked more on the rough in today and I had a concrete cutter out to make a new opening for our 4" sewer line. This was a very busy day & the dogs had to spend some time on the balcony of our rental home.

Today Ron & John made the eyebrows on the gable end above the master bath while Bert did the remaining nailing on the roof sheathing. I called for an inspection tomorrow. The repair techs from BJ's finished lowering the trusses over the kitchen and small bathroom. The plumbers started the rough-in and gave me a scare for a while when they told me there wasn't enough fall for our main waste line. They needed 1/4 inch per foot and the sewer line stub was just too high for that to work. I called the County inspector and got permission for them to use 1/8 inch per foot. This was a big relief as my only alternative would have been to use the easement across our neighbor's property and that would involve a very long trench. Ron & John started framing the Dormers for the West roof. These Dormers along with a covered entry with its posts and the 8/12 roof pitch were used to satisfy the City of Stayton's requirement for 4 specific architectural features on the house side facing the street. All this just so we could orient our home as we chose. I used my tractor to fill in the electric trench where the porch will be built.

Eyebrows

Yesterday John & Ron did some more sheathing and framed up the "eyebrows" where the fascia trim wraps onto the gable ends and the repair techs from BJ's Truss worked on modifying the trusses above the kitchen area and the small bathroom to bring the ceiling down from 12' to 10' per the floor plan.