Green Shingles

Lunchtime Progress:

Impending rain.  Yesterday it rained.  Sunday it rained.  Saturday morning... rain.  Tommorrow - chance of rain.  It seems like the never ending story - so thankfully when I went out at lunch today, this is what I saw...

 

Update:  The roof is now finished including roof vents, AND it looks great!   Thanks so much Terry! (Edwards Roofing, Inc.)



 

 

Final rafters on the overhang!

Front Porch

Waiting on lumber

So now that the back porch is finished, the lumber has been ordered for the front porch and the front overhang, and while they waited for the lumber to arrive, they finally built the stairs to the upper level of the house!  Josie and Me-ma were tickled to finally get to go up there and see the rooms!

(climbing the ladder to get up there was SO out of question!)

And I've been meaning to take some pictures of the retaining wall we worked on this past weekend, so here it is.

All it needs now is some topsoil and some pretty rose bushes :)  I hope we get to work on the other section of this wall (other side of steps) this weekend! BTW - that's the pile of lumber they were waiting on in the background.  Tomorrow they should start on the front porch!

And my entry wouldn't be complete without a picture of my little sawdust sweeper.  She loves to help in any way she can.... Even if it is sweeping the sawdust OUT of the pile and all over the floor ;)

Back Porch Completed!

beginnings of a back porch

The roofers came and installed the tar paper over all the living areas of the house.  The side porch is very close to being finished and the back porch has come a long way since my post last Thursday.  The shingles have been ordered (hunter green) and we should be ordering windows any day now.  We're waiting for quotes on entry doors and siding and will be ordering that real soon too.  We've met with several Sheetrock guys (gals) and are getting bids on the job.  Mack has got most of the boxes in except for upstairs.  The retaining wall is in between the steps and the house, and has successfully held back the dirt through the 3 to 4 inches of rain we had this weekend.  It's been a productive few days, which I enjoy.  It makes the time go by faster...

Side Porch Rafters

I think I just heard a huge sigh of relief!  Today, the guys, with the help of Nathan Eure, got the rafters up for the side porch; not an easy task so say the least!  Now they just need to be covered up with the OSB, which as you can see, Josie was helping to mark off the nailing lines. 

(She really did do a good job, and I'd say helped with over half of stack we prepared!)