Facia and Soffetts

DRIED IN AT LAST

Big day friday, metal roof is complete over the main body of the house. This has been work that I did not want to do, becouse of being uncomfortable 30' up on a slippery roof. And thank god I found some excellant help to do a great job. Next week we will do all of the soffitts and facia first, then install all the windows up high. At the same time, we will be building the massive main deck so we can put on the shed roof over the deck. I have all my subs hired except sheetrock, and over the next month we will see the place really take shape. It is exciting to be close to finishing the framing portion of the project, and get to what I'm good at; trim carpentry. I am still looking for my cedar posts, and it's time to get my cherry log cut into lumber. I will start on these types of projects while the guys are finishing all the tall work. In 2 weeks, vacation on the beach for 10 days. Yahoo!!!!

Matts 1st Stitches

So, I'm at the house with Matt and he's riding his bike inside the house. To get there he has to cross the 2x12 bridge. He did fine on his way in, but did not make it on the way out. I heard screams of anguish and came racing down the stairs to find that Matt had cracked open his head after failing to negotiate the bridge and crashed his bike. The blood was everywhere, and I had no idea what the extent of his injury was. I gathered him up and put him in the truck and raced to the top. I carried him in the house and Robyn cleared away the blood to see that the young man had a nasty gash about 1" long on his forehead. We both knew that he would need stitches so we jumped in the truck and took off for the hospital. Man, what a tough kid. He did not cry at all at the hospital, and as soon as they were through patching him up he jumped up and started cracking jokes and wanted to see his injury. Me and Mom knew he was going to be fine. The problem is that he has swimming lessons again this week, and he cant swim until the stitches are out. The thing he was worried about was not being able to go to the river. Oh well, at least he will be ready for the beach in 2 weeks. This was his 1st major injury, and it scared us quite good. After the whole affair, he had to call his surragate grandmother up here on the mountain and tell her all about it. Priceless.                                                                              

Closer to Dried In

The master deck is AWESOME. Friday we will be dried in. Next is windows and doors and soffetts and the huge deck. Ready for mechanics by the end of July. Must procure huge cedar posts, it may be time to bride the man I know has them not 1 mile from our house. If this fails I saw some logs up around Fallsville the other day. Well, got get out and enjoy the full moon. Adios

Master Deck

Metal Roof

Most of the timeI feel like I could have done as good or better job than any sub I hire, but David has done a fantastic job on the metal roof. He definately has tought me some tricks that I will use whenever I install metal roofing. The trim and flashing is all top knotch work also, and the screws are all spaced perfectly. Too bad Dave had to go to Atlanta for awhile, but we are pressing on with the crew we have. Had a good day today and it was cooler, making it easier to keep working. The master deck roofing framework is completed and tommoroe we will deck, tarpaper, and put the purlins on what remains undone. Hopefully, we will get some metal roofing on too. My schedule is to be completely dried in with decks on before we leave for vacation at the end of july. I'm in great shape to get that done. Got the bid for the foam insulation back today and it was under budget by 800.00. Yahoo, my budget looks great too!!!!I'm starting to think I could get this done by Christmas. Should not have said that.

Roof Coming to Completion

Had a big day today, the roof is coming along fast and I am hard pressed to be ready when they catch up with me. I really felt for the guys on the metal roof, it was a scorcher today. But the guys know what my goal is, to be dried in when David leaves for Atlanta wednesday morning. With a hard day tomorrrow, we just might make it. Me and Richard mixed and poured 30 bags of concrete for the piers on the master deck, which is way too much, but Tim dug the holes too big. One things for sure, it aint comin off the mountain. The framing support for the roof overhangs was a bigger project than I counted on, and I think we came up with a design and plan that really works and looks good. I think it adds an element of post and beam construction to our already hybrid house. Actually, with a recently thought of design feature, the front of the house has really taken on a much better look