Slow Going

The east side, as we thought, is taking considerably longer than the west side of the house.

Last weekend we finished off the east side roof over the balcony/front porch. We also installed the sub-facia on the the front roof which really gave it more of a finished look. We also started on the dormer roof SIP. This proved to be quite a project in itself.

The first SIP on the dormer intersects with not only the balcony roof, but also the back of the SIP makes up half of the valley on the main roof. All of this, on top of having the SIP at a 9 /12 pitch. Needless to say, much more time than we care to admit was used getting the SIP to fit into place.

Also, a fair amount of wiring has to take place due to the open space of the dining room and great room. This has been going well with the chases that have been burned out in the SIPs, and a fair amount of planning ahead.

This Saturday morning found us contending with a inch of fresh snow. This scratched working on the roof for the day. Although the snow did test our west side and it really shed the water and snow well.

So, we turned our attention to framing the east side great room wall. This went well, although we did not have a lot of lumber to get too far but made a good dent in it anyway. This has to be completed relatively soon due to the fact that SIP's will be placed on the upper portion of the wall and they must be put in place prior to the great room roof going on.

This week will find us working on the south side of the dormer. As I mentioned earlier, more wiring will need to take place on this side before any more SIP's can be put in place, as well as a little more Aspen having to be put down.