Days 39 - 42 A new roof!

While I was at the builders auction for the second time (picked up 5 interior doors and 4 sinks) the crew was busy putting the roof on the second floor of the addition. They made really quick work of it and had it up and sheeted in a day.

Where the new roof meets the old roof. The roof, some shingles and the gutter are still up. They just pulled the shingles that they needed to and left the rest intact for now.

I was brave enough to climb out onto the decking this time, so got better up close photos of the layout. Here is the back end of the house. The windows from left to right are: bathroom, master french door and master window.

They did what is referred to as "stick building" to create the roof. As opposed to engineered trusses, this method allows for more flexibility and more space in the attic. The span and size of the roof made the trusses a little over the top, and while cheaper, the lack of attic space for things like the HVAC unit and storage made the decision easy for us to make.

The back yard from the master french door opening. As you can see, there is still a good amount of space left.

Across the back of the house. The window on the left is the main window out of the bedroom and the one straight ahead will be on the north side of the bed.



Back across to the other side. From left to right: second window in guest room, my closet, toilet room in master bath and master bath window.


View toward the neighbor's house through the master bath window.

View from the toilet room window.



View out of my closet window.



View from the second window in the guest room.

The view through the north master bath window.


Her is a close up of the roof trusses and some of the initial rafters. These will be added to by ones that are much closer together but for the time being, these are all that are necessary to hold the roof in place.

A view of how the two walls work. We added a foot of height to the addition to allow for higher ceilings int eh master suite, so these don't line up. We have seen this done other places in the neighborhood and it is pretty common. An easy way to get a little more headroom without adding to the cost very much. I am sure it makes the math harder for the carpenters, but who doesn't like a challenge?