Roof! Roof! - chapter 2

When we last left our intrepid builders, the roof was cruising right along....... Until last saturday night when we heard a giant CRASH!!!!! Seems that tiny little strip of wood holding up the garage trusses was just not quite enough, and they went DOWN. Ass over teakettle, like a stack of dominoes. Scared the daylights out of the neighbors, and us too. Luckily, it was at 6 pm (not 2am), no one was hurt, and it's already been fixed. Can't be a project without a little drama, I guess. The boys came in on monday morning, shrugged it off, and went to work to finish sheeting off the roof. The rest of the week was spent working on the sheeting, building out the porches, and finally, putting up the facia board all the way around. It's FINALLY done, and the roofers will be putting on the shingles tuesday or wednesday, depending on the weather. In other developments, the windows arrived..... they'll be installing them today. Friday, the gas line guys were here too, as well as the plumber. The main gas line for the range and fireplace is in (no gas service yet), and the rough-in plumbing is about 80percent done. The next step will be electicians, but they can't start until the roof is on, so, probably thursday or so. "The boys" (framers) will be doing the windows today, installing the pocket door frames and finishing up the inside framing, next up for them is the siding. That'll probably take a while. We're off to look for vanities, and, I'm happy to report, I've finally decided on a backsplash for the kitchen....... The pic doesn't do it justice. Expensive, but beautiful..........