Today was Day 5 of the remodel. That means one day of demolition and four days of construction. It seems miraculous that so much work has been done in so short a time. But, in fact, it is only because of a lot of really hard work and blessings of good weather from God that the house is to the stage it is now.
First thing in the morning, the trusses were erected from their drop point from yesterday. This involved a lot of walking right on the edge of the house, up two stories from concrete. The framers seem to have very little problem walking that high right on the edge. I do.
Once locked in place, and the overframing on the original roof was completed, along with a real pain-to-build hip, the trusses received a nice new coat of sheeting. I have enough problems walking on a roof with nothing or a string of Christmas lights in my hands, much less a full sheet of plywood.
With the rear roof complete, the front finally gets sheeted. At the end of the day, we had all but the dormer roof complete.
Tomorrow, Saturday, the wiring mess in the garage gets put back in order, the roof should be completed, including the shed roof over the garage and the bump-out for the fireplace.
