Wes has been busy

Our camera is broken. So Wes "borrowed" Bronwyn's camera. Just don't tell her or she would freak! He treated it very well and was instructed not to get any dust on it. No evidence!

He has been busy doing all the exterior framing and some sheeting. He hopes to be done that portion of the job by the end of this week and get the shingles on at that point.

I think the pictures look pretty impressive. There has been a bit of interest from the neighbors. Lots of curious on lookers and even a few who have chatted with Wes. These have been positive conversations.

Roof came off

Late last week Wes removed the roof of the house. I started praying for fine clear weather!

Yesterday Wes was joined by Ryan and his crew. They got most of the trusses up. Today Wes is sheeting the roof and finishing the few trusses that need to be finished.

He got a few pictures before our camera broke. I'll let him borrow mine for the next round of pictures, but he better treat it nicely!

Pictures at last

Wes finally brought the camera in. Apparently, it has been in his truck this whole time. There are pictures that span the excavation, the footings, the cribbing for the foundation walls, the foundation walls and the beginnings of the framing.

Wes dismantled the roof on Thursday and Friday (and some clean up Saturday morning). He has a crew coming tomorrow to help him get the trusses up and hopefully do some sheeting as well. Hope to have it shingled and ready for weather by Thursday.

Thankfully the weather has been fine, cool but clear, all weekend. What a relief! What a blessing.

Lots more exciting things to come this week.

Foundation inspection

Yesterday we had the foundation inspection and passed. Yeah! So next steps are, back fill, frame, remove roof and put new trusses on. Lots to do!

I promise pictures. I have started threatening Wes, hopefully he responds to my threats and gives me the camera. I know there are pictures on it, I just don't know where it is.

Busy week ahead. We are praying for clear rain free weather for the roof portion of the project.

Rain delay

So we have had our first rain delay. Wes is working on the foundation and weeping tile and the rain caused a stop on that work. Thanks to the long weekend the delay will be a bit longer than we had hoped, since the city inspection won't happen until early next week now.

We have had a pretty great run though. Almost a month and this is our first delay because of the elements. I still have this rush rush sense since no one can predict when winter will decide to make its appearance and it would be nice to have most of the structural work done before that happens.

Wes has some photos, and I'll try get them as soon as I can.

We are plugging along and making progress.