Today ended another week of work on the Mitchell house. Today we got in doors, got all the roof done that was possible with out the dormers being complete. The hold-up on the dormers is that the windows are still not in after 4 weeks. Hopefully they will be in this week.
This afternoon we did what is purely a grunge job - putting in deadwood. It took a while, but we got it done. Here are some pics.
This afternoon I had the chance to take a couple of pics of the back side of the roof. Also, we got the A/C closet framed out and most of the gas fire place framed out. I hung can lights and put up "z" metal on the north side.
Just a side note - I bought a new air compressor last week. It was sitting there plugged in tonight and not running - all of the sudden it started making a weird noise and then tried to catch on fire! Smoke and all! I will probably change brands - and I will not EVER leave on plugged up!
As you can see, the windows are in now! Exterior doors will be in this week. And, the siding is now finished on both dormers (it was too dark tonight when we finished to get a picture) except for the front because we are still waiting on the two windows to arrive.
This evening we got the entire back side of the roof shingled. Again it was too dark to get a pic when we finished - but I will try to run by there during the day tomorrow and get a couple more pic. So the roofing is halfway done - and if we can catch a break on the weather - we may get finished with the roof and dormers by Saturday evening.
Below are a couple of pics.
We are now down to those framing odd and ends - like adding deadwood and just a bunch of little jobs that have to be wrapped up for bricking, vinyl, etc. to take place. The dormers have to be completely finished before we put shingles on that side of the roof. This will keep us from walking all over the shingles and getting paint on them.
I have included one or two pics - there is also a plumbing post! (see plumbing category).
We have had a lot of rain during the week this week - and it has slowed us up just a bit. Today, we made a great showing! The weather was SUNNY - HOT - and well.... HOT! We put in right at 12 hours.
We built soffits this morning while Robert was putting together dormers. We also wrapped the house in house wrap - makes it look a lot better. Here are a few pics.
Today was the day I have been looking forward to. I know that the house will officially be "in the dry" when the windows and exterior doors are installed! However, it is 90% dry right now - because we have all the felt on the roof!!!! No more sweeping water!!! Here are a few pics!
Today we worked all morning (and boy it was hot) and got all the decking finished! Finally! Of course, it just took yesterday evening and today! We waited until 6:00 pm to start putting on felt - but we got delayed by a rain shower - then it just got dark. We got all the back covered. Tomorrow - probably evening - we will give it another go!
Here are a few pics.
My good friends Kennith and Mark flew over the house a couple of times on Saturday afternoon just before we started some decking. Here is a pic they took from overhead.
I know I promised pics last night - but I was too tired to even move after I got in last night. We worked until about 5:00 pm today - we finished the bracing of the rafters - and finally by late afternoon - were able to put up some decking. I took lots of pics - but they would probably all look similar to you - so here are a few!
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