Roof!

 After the trusses were in place, next step was the flooring in the garage attic. It will be a roomy space, and with no basement will probably be utilized well. 

Over the weekend, the forecast called for high winds. Troy added some extra bracing to the house. In his words- It's no fun to have to do things twice. Sunday morning when he woke up to the sound of the wind, he made a special trip over to add even more bracing. Everything was still standing on Monday. 

Now that we finally had trusses over the great room, the end wall finally got framed. Sid and I had speculated on why it was not done with the rest of the walls, guessing that the extra height would not be very stable without a truss to hold the top. After watching how it went together, I think it was also because it was easier to get all the uprights the correct height if they know what height they needed to be. 

It's going to be a big space! 

Sheathing and Tyvec on the end wall. 

Then the roof. Sheathing...

Then Shingle. 

They no longer use tar paper. The lighter colored underlayment is a synthetic (plastic?) sheet, the darker is coated in sticky. It goes along lower edges of the roof and at the angle changes. Troy said the heat from the sun will melt it to the plywood and to the shingles, creating a barrier that water will not penetrate, thus eliminating leaking due to ice dams. 

I assumed the siding had been ordered along with all the other stuff from the lumberyard meeting, but this week Troy had a sample sheet from the siding company. We had two widths to choose from, and more color choices than we had at the lumberyard last spring. We chose a brighter red than the "autumn red" we previously chose. Unfortunately the reds only come in one width, not the one we chose, and will take 2 months to arrive. Thankfully this will not hold up any other work. 

This week: windows and exterior doors!