Howdy Y'all!
Yes, Fido, we have a roof deck! It's done! (Well, almost done.) And, just in time. Last week we had 4.5 inches of rain in three days, which conveniently filled up all of the showers and media room depressions in the house, and that meant draining 300+ gallons of water with a ShopVac. Not a preferred use of two hours on Saturday.
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| Great room ceiling, finally! |
There hasn't been a lot of 'bloggable' activity during this time, given that all of the effort has been in some of the most time-consuming, but slow moving, construction. The main effort during the last week has been building the fascias, soffits, and laying the roof decking.
Along with the completed roof decking, the fascia and soffits have been installed (the fascia is what you hang rain gutters off of). The soffits (underneath) are five inch cedar tongue-in-groove, which is a time consuming installation, particularly in 100 degree summer weather. It is amazing how this installation creates such a completed look along the roof-line.
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| Scabbing the stringers to the rafters (construction talk :-) |
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| Attaching the fascia boards to the rafter stringers |
Completing a run of fascia and soffit boards over the main garage.
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| Completed soffits |
We have really been impressed with the craftsmanship, workmanship, and just plain hard work the Rodriquez framing team has put in building our home. These are the guys (most of them) that have spent the last six weeks turning a concrete slab into a house. (They asked me if this picture was going to be on Facebook.)
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| The Rodriquez framing, sheathing and decking team |
The following pictures are the completed project up to this point. Next week windows get installed, plumbers start laying pipe, HVAC goes in, and the electricians start hanging lighting cans and switches. It's going to get busy!
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| Finished entry waiting for masonry |
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| Rear panoramic view from the back |
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| Detached garage and apartment view (back) |
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| Detached garage and apartment (front) |
Remember the forest of wood we had at the beginning of the framing? Here is literally the last of it before they put the decking on.
Every good project has to have a 'boss'. Jan making sure the framing crew is alert and hopping to it!
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| The Boss |
That's it! See ya later.
- John and Jan -
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