Installing facia, Aug 4, 2010

Today we started installing the facia on the west side and the north side. We also ran the first strip of weather guard on the roof. It has been a bad week to date. We have been rained out two days in a row in the afternoon, and Monday was a late start due to previous commitments my roofer had to take care of.

Tomorrow we should be able to start shingling the roof. Installing the facia is taking a lot longer than I thought it would. We also have to install facia on all three dormer roofs.

Finished dormers, Aug 3, 2010

Saturday we stained all the cedar for the facia around the perimeter of the roof (1" X 12"), and finished staining all the logs on the outside of the house with the exception of the ends top wall logs, the purlins and the ridgepole.

On Sunday, my cousin Jim and I trimmed the top wall logs, purlins and ridgepole to length (flush with the outer TGIs) and stained the ends.

Today I picked up the cedar boards for the dormer roofs (1" X 8") and stained all of them. We also picked up the drip edge today. The drip edge is a dark green. Tomorrow we will cut the edges of the roof sheeting flush and install nailers on the end TGIs for the facia, begin installing facia and drip edge.