Today we finished shingling the east side of the house. The west side is now about 50% completed. It will take about 4 more hours to finish the shingling completely. Tony was staining the interior logs today. He finished the main beam and all the loft logs on the main floor. I'm having problems with my roofing crew so I may end up completing the roof by myself.

When I planned the garage slab, I did not remember that the sill logs should be at least 18" above ground level to protect the logs from water splashing and causing decay. Yesterday we poured a 20" wall around the garage, leaving the openings for the two garage doors and the side access door. I have 14 logs peeled for the garage right now, but I will not start putting the logs on the wall until next year.

Shingling has begun on both sides, Aug 11, 2010

All facia and drip edge has been installed. We were rained out again today at 3:00 PM. It feels like Florida where it would rain every afternoon.

Here is the east side of the house. The facia and drip edges are completed on the dormers, and the entire roof is dried in. We started shingling on this side this afternoon. The plan for the next two days is to complete the shingling on the entire roof. The next step is to frame in the end gables.

Once the end gables are framed in, we can install the soffits on both ends of the house and over the deck on both sides.

Started Shingling, Aug 6, 2010

Last week we started shingling the west side of the roof. We still have several pieces of facia to install on the dormers, which will be completed tomorrow morning, the 11th. (I took a few days off) After these are on we can felt the dormers and install the drip edge.

The east side of the house now has felt installed up to the bottom of the dormers. All valley metal has been installed where the deck roof meets the upper roof on both sides, and above the dormers. Once the felt is installed on the east side to the peak, we can install the rest of the drip edge and begin shingling.

My plan is to have the roof completely shingled by the end of this week so we can begin framing in the end gables next week.