The Roof System is built (late August 2000)
Finally the walls of the garage are in place and the roof rafters can go up.
If you look closely you can see the walkway that really helped in placing the
rafters.
This is the first point where it was obvious what the end product was going to be.
This view is looking east from the driveway and shows the window to the
bedroom.
This view is from what will be the shower stall looking north just above the
wall that
separates the garage from the living quarters. As you can see, we have not
trimmed
the rafters yet.
Looking south from the front of the new garage the building is taking shape.
Looking north from the driveway the size of the structure becomes ominous.
The building is really taking shape now. Matt Benjamin ponders the way the rafters are lining up.
Where the two rooflines meet gets some special treatment. Those nice wide boards underneath the jack-rafters (the shortened rafters that sit atop the garage roof where they meet) was of particular interet to the county building inspector. When I had my rough building/framing inspection the inspector had a trainee with him and evidently they had come from a place where the contractor tried to get away without putting in that piece. I grinned from ear to ear to hear the guy point out to his associate "look at that-- now that's how you're supposed to do it"... All I did was read the book and follow what was supposed to be the correct method.
When the extension of the main house roof finally joined the garage roof the
two were within
1/4 inch of each other. Near perfect. In retrospect, I should have
made the garage roof just
a touch taller-- as the having the peaks meet at the very peak made for some
interesting
shingling work at the very end. It would have been easier if they were off
just a bit.
The roof was finally covered with roofing paper (tar paper)(bituthane
ice/water rubber shield
where required also) just before Labor Day 2000. As dad and I were on the
roof tacking down
the last pieces of tar paper violent thunderstorms were heading our way.
As we descended the
ladder with the tar paper finally in place it started to rain. By the time
we could pop the top on
our "job completed beers" the downpour had begun.
This downpour lasted four hours. It was the most intense downpour the
area had had in nearly
100 years.... Our area got between 4 and 6 inches of rain in those four
hours. The interior of the
addition was (thankfully) nice and dry (except for what came in via the open
windows). We had
made the roof "water tight" without a minute to spare!
The roofing shingles were all in place just after Labor day and soon after,
the garage door was
added and construction went on hiatus for the season.