Today, the framing crew starting working on the new roof. They got it framed and started putting on the decking. They were hoping to get all the decking on today and get the roofers to lay down the roofing felt, ya know that black tar-looking stuff that goes under the shingles. Once that is done, the roof is watertight and they don't have to worry with the huge blue tarp every evening. And the pictures that I take at the end of the day will no longer have a blue tint to them. That may have been a little over-ambitious.
The plumber made his first appearance in the project. They had to move the plumbing for the sink about four feet west and bring it up into the wall. So, they had to jackhammer a trench into the concrete and run additional pipe over and up into the wall. Andy thought that listening to the jackhammer during a conference call was not really his idea of fun. Fortunately it was just an internal IBM call and not a call with a customer!
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| The sink plumbing has migrated a bit west. |
The changes in the profile of the house can now be seen from all sides. It is kinda of fun watching the neighbors drive through the alley and really slow down and look as they pass our driveway.
Here are some pics from different angles.
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| From the front you can see that the highest point of the roofline has been raised a bitt. |
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| This is the west side of the house. You can see part of the roofline but the ugly blue tarp is hiding the rest of the view. |
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| From the east side, the change is much more obvious |
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| The most dramatic change is from the back, of course. I think this view is what has the neighbors slowing down and gawking as they pass by. |
The have decking on about half of the roof, the east side (on the right in the above photo) and the front. Tuesday will see them finishing the decking and starting the roofing.
One thing that Andy is really excited about is the amount of space in the attic of the west side of the house. The new roof over garage really opens up that space. That will yield some great storage area. Andy plans to floor whatever can be floored and add some shelving.
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| Andy is actually in the attic above the garage. Immediately in front are the rafters for the old roof. The new roof is above slanting from upper left to lower right. In the back is the attic side of the office wall. |
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| This is a funny pic with the old roof, with shingles still attached, is inside of the new roof. This could not be opened up like over the garage because this is the cathedral ceiling of an existing room. Pat will have the crew remove some of this decking to open up passage to this area and perhaps remove the shingles but leave the current decking. This will give Andy access to the west office wall for his geeky stuff like network and A/V cables. |
Not much happened in the inside area. They did rough out the frames for the windows in the office. Here is a little taste of the view we will have from the office windows.
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| The view of the backyard from one of the office windows. Of course all of those extraneous boards will not be there. |
Our next major project will be to create an new outdoor living area on the backside of the pool where you see the grass. Some possibilities include a hot tub and an outdoor kitchen. But all of that is after we recover from this renovation and the wedding... mentally as well as financially... Someday.
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