Drip Edge & Facia Installed across the front

I couldn't get the whole front of the house because the sun is right behind the house...so you can see this part. All of the tar paper is on the front half of the two story portion of the house. This morning we installed the facia and drip edge to the front and I am not sure what else we'll get done today as the hubster is going camping/hunting tonight and we have company coming tomorrow...you gotta live right?

Roof Update

He got all the sheathing on the front of the two story roof and started on the tar paper about dusk so I got a shot before he gets it all covered up...I bet he'll have the back done by the end of the weekend too!

Sheathing going on the roof

Wow, what a difference it makes when the roof sheathing goes up...this is what he got done today. Thanks Dad for the help today. He's out there now in the dark still working on it.

Truss bracing & other roof tinkerings

Here are some photos of the stuff my hubbie has been working on in the roof...first one is the front of the house -- second one is me standing by the fireplace looking up. Kind of a wet dreary day today so we'll head to church to hear the kids sing and probably not much else tonight...

Blocking & Bracing the roof trusses

Nothing exciting to take pictures of -- a whole week of bracing, blocking, putting nails on the hurricane fasteners, permanently setting the columns...nothing you can really see in a picture, but it isn't going to blow away in a hurricane!

Next he has to build the eaves (I think!) on the sides of the two story portion of the house -- maybe it is called the soffet? I don't know! It will have a foot overhang, and now there is nothing, I promise some photos.

All I do know is that I am not standing for one moment on the top of the FIVE, I repeat, FIVE layers of scaffold it is going to take to work at the peak....

Ooh, I got a little shiver on my spine just thinking about it.

Upper columns are installed

Upstairs columns are installed!!!

Just hubbie and me working today -- got it done before dark!

I also was the officer in charge of sweeping the entire upstairs & downstairs, taking nails out of every board I could find picking up every nail (I bet it was more than 100) and sorting out all of the scraps -- putting the trash ones in the burn pile...

It is looking good out there now!

If it doesn't rain tonight we'll do more blocking in the trusses...if I can stand up there!!!

Welcome to our "Country" home

If you don't live rural like we do, you don't probably have no appreciation of how far away your mailbox can really be -- I thought I'd take you up our driveway! First photo is with our mailbox on the left, please notice the "end of state maintenance" sign on the right...

I took the second picture from the bright spot you see in the center of this picture...
The "road" turns off to the right and our driveway is straight ahead in this second picture.

The third picture is when you get out of the woods and hit our yard...

Second Story Trusses Installed!

All of the second story trusses are installed -- there is still a day's worth of bracing to do, but they are up there -- only one interesting tale to tell, the crane broke down on the way to return it and my dear hubbie is out there somewhere trying to fix it as we speak -- the clutch broke, and he just needs a part and they weren't open on Sunday.
You can see the two story portion and the south "wing" which doesn't have a roof yet, and there will be a north "wing" on the other side too. He also is putting in a "dormer" thing in the middle, so there is a lot of work to do before shingles...and he also has to stick build the roof over the bay window on the back of the house.

First Truss

It isn't totally attached yet, but here is the first truss in action!

Super thanks to Dad and Mr N for helping us today!!!!!

Crane is here

Hubbie picked up the crane this morning and I believe he'll use it to put the upper columns in this afternoon...

The crane is big enough, thank goodness