Last week we got to see the final look of the roof line of the house and this week they started filling in some of the empty spots. They got the roof rafters for the screen porch up and if you notice the back half of the roof was put on.
Rick HATES sitting in traffic and since this was a long weekend, we had hoped to go up on Thursday night, but I had to work and we couldn't go up until Friday. We left at 7:30 and the traffic wasn't bad, but we still didn't get there until 10:15. We've done this so many times, it only takes a few minutes to unpack. So from the time we pull into the driveway till our heads hit the pillow is only about 15 minutes. So since our regular bedtime is about 9:30, we didn't miss that much sleep! Especially since we don't get up at our usual time (5:30), but instead sleep pretty late!
The roof is made from panels that come pre-made from the factory. They start with 1x4 tongue and groove pine boards, next is 6 inches of foam insulation, followed by a 2 inch air gap, topped by 1" OSB. To get then up on the roof, Tim uses his crane to lift the panels. Since we aren't up there when Tim is working, I asked him to take some pictures when they are working. I don't know who that guy is, but I bet he isn't afraid of heights.
Remember this when it was sitting on the ground, here is the front dormer being lifted into place. It's kind of a small picture, but you get the idea.
The first layer of the roof panels are actually the ceiling that is seen in the house. Aren't they pretty!!
Tim send us an email telling us not to expect great things this week. He is in the slowest part of the whole building process. They have to custom cut every rafter and build the roof system in the valleys piece by piece. A lot of people can't make it go fast so there will just be two of them working on all of the compound angle cuts.
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