Another week of rapid progress! We have a roof!
Monday Sept. 15 was a slow day as we waited for the crane to come on Tuesday. Rob did some marking of rafter locations to make setting the ridge beam and rafters go more smoothly on Tuesday.
Tuesday Sept. 16 was the big day. The crane arrived at 7:30 along with the whole framing crew. The ridge beams and rafters were placed by 1:00! We spent the rest of the day finishing up securing the rafters with timber screws, checking and adjusting square of the frame and adding in the gable end wall panels.
On Wednesday Sept.17 the whole crew jumped right in on laying the tongue & groove roof deck. After a little thinking and planning we came up with a way to make the best use of the lengths and quantity of tongue & groove that we had s we woild waste as little as possible while making for a strong roof deck. At the very end of the day, Wayne looked at the gable end window rough openings and realized that they were set too low in the wall and would cause the sill of the loft window to be below the loft floor height. Oh well, something to deal with tomorrow!
On Thursday Sept. 18, the whole crew finished up the roof deck on the west side of the house and jumped right in on laying the self-adhesive air and water barrier (Henry Blueskin VP100). Laying huge sections of material that wants nothing more than to stick to other parts of itself was a challenge! We finally got it down to a science as we finished up that side of the roof. We now have a beautiful blue roof that protects the timberframe on that side. After struggling with laying the VP100 lengthwise, we decided to try running it rotated 90 degrees on the other side of the roof to see if it would be easier.
On Friday Sept. 19, the whole crew, including new member Brandon, laid the tongue & groove on the other half of the roof and installed the VP100 using our new idea to rotate it 90 degrees. That worked very well and speeded up the process enough that the entire roof was decked and water proofed by the end of a very long day.
On Saturday and Sunday Sept. 20 & 21, Rob worked alone to do some final air sealing of the gable end tongue & groove rafter tails. He was very glad to be finished with the sticky and stubborn VP100!
Here are a few non-construction pics.
Special thanks for the video……exciting stuff!!!
Nice pictures.
That’s so wonderful!! So happy for you both!! (Mark would have loved to help 🥰)
Love,
Donna
Wow, that’s one big crane for the ridge beams / rafters placement! Nice to see you’ve also incorporated a skylight in the roof which will really brighten up the interior.