First Week of the Roof

The weather did not cooperate completely this past week, we had some rain and lots of high winds.  We made some progress nevertheless.  The pictures tell the story.

A couple rays of sunshine break through the clouds and fall on Mt Baldy.

This is where we stopped for the week; all roof trusses up on the house and partial roof sheathing installed on the north side.

First roof truss swings toward the roof.  Gari's job was pulling the ground steady line.

Steve's job was guiding and holding the far end while Nate and Chet made the connections.

We got into a rhythm installing the roof trusses.  Steve fetched the lifting strap from the last truss set, while Gari positioned and rigged the next truss for lifting.  Nate operated the lift while Chet finished installing fasteners and blocking.

We were able to get all the house roof trusses installed last week, garage roof trusses may be completed this coming week, we will see, more rain is forecast.  Below, Nate builds out the Outlooker Rafters from his lift platform.

Nate makes the compound cut on the corner outlooker.  He used his speed square to establish the cut markings.  He made it look easy.

Fascia board going up courtesy of Nate and Chet under the watchful eye of Inspector #1.

We started a beta test on installing the foam board in the to be encapsulated crawl space this weekend.  It went very well and we completed installing approximately half of the foam board on the walls.  There is still lots to do, but it was a great start for a beta test.

 And that folks is where we stopped at the end of last week.

We post a few parting shots taken last week.  This is the front door side of the house where our view windows will be installed.

Garage needs roof rafters.

We are still working on the east side of the driveway.  There is more gravel to install then we will line with the larger river rock that we have collected.

Materials are dwindling; the tall stack is the roof sheathing 5/8" OSB.

Michelle beautifies the place.