Well, They got the roof felt up today, and just in time. It started raining right after they finished. The porch is supposed to go up tomorrow, weather and materials delivery permitting. They are supposed to wrap the house on Monday and start putting in windows and doors after that.
It looks like they finished the roof today! The only thing left on the SIPS is a few pieces of end lumber and screws to hold it all together. They have rolls of felt on the roof that I assume will be going up as soon as they finish the previously mentioned minor details. It's really looking lika a house now! I guess now they finish the framing and get to the siding , roof and inside.
Front of the house- All the roof
From the inside- looking at the newly installed roof
Happy Birthday to Caleb! We went to Olive Garden to celebrate; that's where Caleb wanted to go. We went back to Grammy and Poppa's house and opened a few presents. Saturday, we're supposed to have cake and ice cream and the other 8 yards.
They got the rest of the main house roof up, as well as the roof over the garage. Tomorrow they shouldn't have any trouble getting the roof up over the back bedrooms. Hopefully we won't get any rain.
It's really starting to take shape. It won't be long and we'll be moving in...
Front of the house- with a garage roof!
Back of the house- note the missing roof on the left
Looking into the garage door- playroom above
Sorry for not posting last night, the internet was giving me trouble.
They got the back half of the main-house roof on. They probably would have got more on, but they had a little trouble with the engineer's plans, and took about two hours to figure out the right way to do it. Luckily, they figured it out and got everything going. We got there in time to see the last panel going up. I'll get some pictures of today's progress and post later. Hopefully they got quite a bit more done.
Last panel of the day going up
View from the driveway with half of the roof
It looks like they got all of the roof supports and ridge beams up today. I suppose they will start putting up roof panels on Monday (weather permitting). Once that is completed, I guess the SIPS assembly part of construction will be complete. They can then start wrapping and putting in windows and doors and then move on the inside details.I am excited to see progress, but it sure seems like it's taking longer than it should. I guess, like everything else in life, it won't seem so long once we finish and get moved in. Ten years from now, we will hardly remember the wait.
Front of the house
Looking toward the front, top floor- Kitchen down on the right, living room down on the left
Today they got up the main ridge beam that supports the center of the roof. They also got the wedge boards down that the edges of the roof are secured to. They built the wall that is part of the ridge support over the boys' bedroom section of the house. With the sunny and clear weather tomorrow, they may get some of the roof up. It would be nice if the worked hard and got all of the roof up, but it seems that in the construction industry, Friday is half day...
Looking up toward the back of the house from the kitchen
Standing in the playroom above the garage looking across the back loft to the room above the boys' bedroom- the area without floor on the right is the living room
