#roofprewalk

Did I mention previously that Brett's Dad has been a roofer for a long time? Well we didn't trust anyone but him to do our roof. So Chuck came down last weekend to check out the site and confirm some final measurements for some custom flashing pieces that we are ordering for weird roof angle intersections, and a chimney cricket piece. Chuck also had some custom flashing boots made for our skylights too.

Anyway, to get those measurements they had to go up on the roof. So of course I had to get a photo:

While they were up playing on the roof, I took some more photos of the progress on site.

It was going to rain the next day, so the contractor was eager to get a bunch of plastic over the whole roof before they left for the day. Above you can see the dutch gable being framed over our bedroom, and the new gable that faces west.

Here's the back patio roof with the 2x tongue and grove boards on top and our cantilevered beam holding it all up. Looking good!

Oh and our fancy doors were delivered! The thing wrapped in plastic on the right is the front door frame and 2 sidelights. This gets installed in the opening on the left side of this photo above. The door panel is behind the sidelights wrapped in cardboard. Unfortunately that cardboard was not enough to protect the door during transit.

They transported the door with the hinges on it, and I guess something bumped the hinge hard because the door split right down the edge and through a couple screw locations. This split also happened on the aluminum clad side of the door so we think the aluminum is also dented or bent. It's hard to see because the door is all wrapped up and strapped to the wall studs. But we notified the rep and he is working on getting us a replacement.

Here's another view of that great room:

And hey - rough plumbing in the walls is starting too!

and here's the view off our back patio:

That 8x8 patio post was oversized so that it would look more substantial than a twiggy little 4x4. It's also sitting on a hidden knife plate connection that has been bolted to the concrete. This steel base plate keeps the wood off the concrete and that should help keep the wood from rotting longer. Our previous covered patio had the 4x4 posts going right through the concrete and they sucked up water like a sponge.