Received truss delivery from Willamette Truss. The driver not only set the trusses, but also the large great room beams, and lifted the roof sheeting to the upper level. Can't even begin to describe what a tremendous help that was. After the driver left the trusses were set up and nailed into place.
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| Beam Placement |
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| Jeff placing the beams |
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| Truss Placement |
Friday - May 6, 2011
Continued blocking and venting for trusses. Also started framing and blocking for great room and loft roofing using 2 x 12's.
Drove up to Eugene/Brownsville to look at cabinets and flooring. Stopped by lumber liquidators to pick out some wood floors. I was impressed by their selection and pricing. Hopefully we can stay within our allotted budget. It adds up fast. More on flooring later. Also met Brian (Jeff's cabinet guy) and looked at the cabinets he just finished. AMAZING! He's taking them 1200 miles into Canada. He does some really good work. More on cabinets later.
Monday - May 9, 2011
Continued working on bracing and blocking for trusses. Began to put on roof sheeting on places that blocking has been completed. Also continued to work on 2 x 12 roofing over great room.
Tuesday - May 10, 2011
Continued roof sheeting, bracing, blocking and venting. We have an added feature on the gable ends of our roof overhangs, so roof framing is taking some extra time and material than normal (see garage pictures to see what I'm talking about).
Received delivery from Carlson Hardware. Had a 40ft boom truck delivered from Sunbelt Rentals in Albany 1 -800-667-9328. They had better customer service and better pricing than any of the Roseburg rental companies that had a similar product. The boom truck will make things much easier -won't have to move scaffolding several times a day.
We were joined this week by Devin, who also helped build our garage. He is a friend of Jeff's (and now, ours) that was recently layed off from his job. He's a smart, reliable, honest, hard working guy, so I know he'll land on his feet. In the meantime, it's great of him to lend us a hand. We love having Jeff and Devin (and the rest of the Hetterle's on the weekends) around.
Wednesday - May 11, 2011
Stood up and attched the four 8" rough sawn front columns today. They look so good! Really added a lot to the front of the house.
Continued work on roof overhangs, 2 x 12 roofing, and sheeting.
Thursday - May 12, 2011
Completed all roof framing and sheeting. Put up all 2 x 6 facia (2 x 12 in front of the great room). The facia will later be covered by cedar). Put on roofing felt (a better material than tar paper) making the roof waterproof. For the most part, the inside of the house is now out of the weather.
Did some clean-up.
Thursday - June 2, 2011
Let's see if I can confuse everyone. I will be working on two posts at the same time...A post labled siding and a post labled roofing. With the help of the boom lift it's best to do the lower section of the roofing and the higher parts of the siding at the same time. Much safer and we get the most out of the equipment in the shortest period of time.
Roofing Supply and Delivery delivered and placed the roofing shingles, and other supplies, on the roof.
Friday - June 3, 2011
Started nailing on the black 3-dimensional roofing shingles as far as we could reach from the boom lift. Much safer to do it this way. Also did some work on the 45 degree angle roof we have above the great room. We needed to find a way to divert the water into the gutter, so Jeff came up with a system that did that.
Saturday - June 4, 2011
Continued roofing and step flashing. Finished installing cedar facia.
Sunday - June 5, 2011
Finished roofing and step flashing. Installed all roof vents.
Monday - June 6, 2011
Attached all the roof edge shingles. This is a feature most homes do not have but I love the way it looks.
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