Work has begun on the roof!!!This weekend got started by getting a 2x12 cleat attached to the house to support the roof on the bump out on the west side of the house. Also, the plate on top of the walls was put in place to support the roof panels.
We ripped the cleat at a 15 degree angle so the OSB on the SIP would fit flush to the cleat once in place. It was nailed and then screwed on from the back side of the wall with 7" screws.
The Roof SIP's are 12" thick. Unfortunate-ly, this just puts the Prazi beam saw out of reach for cutting them. So each cut has to be made twice and then the Styrofoam that remains is hand cut. Also, each end needs to plowed out for the sub fascia and also to accept the cleat on the house. We received a 6" and a 11" iron with the SIP's. They really work well for plowing out Styrofoam although, especially with the 11" iron, it can get rather smokey at times.
We also had to come up with a different system hooking the SIP's up to set them in place. We ended up with a three point pick system using the same type of connection as we did with the wall SIP's.
We ended up with getting four roof panels in place. We have about 2 1/2 panels left to complete
the west side bump out, then we move on to installing the Aspen on the main house prior to installing those SIP's . As I mentioned in my last post, we continue to apply Land Ark on the Aspen. Although it seems like we have a lot of it sealed, I am sure that will be used up quickly once we get started.
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