After the painful long delays with the inspections, it is so very rewarding and exciting to see our house really taking shape. For the first time we can actually get a feel for the "new" section and walking through the house we can now get a true sense of what it will be like to walk from room to room. The framers worked fast and furiously and in just three days we went from exterior studs to all interior walls framed, a roof built and decked. It is amazing what a few days will do!
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| Porch and living room are now tied into the existing house |
One of the aspects of the house that have kept James and myself concerned was the roof. Neither of us could get a sense for how in the world the roof plan that we saw on a piece of paper was actually going to look when it was built (perhaps not being roofers had something to do with it!) I don't know if I have mentioned Pancho before, but he's our talented framer and on Saturday, Pancho and his team started tackling the roof and we were so lucky to be there to see it taking shape. It was entertaining to watch as he measured and then used a calculator and a protractor to determine what was the right angle and length for each piece of rafter. He strayed from the roof plan drawn by the architect to solve issues that he saw and while standing on a 2x4 12 feet above the ground came up with a rafter plan and a roof that looks great.
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| Pancho on the roof doing his magic |
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| The very complex rafter arrangement |
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