Finished framing end gables, Aug 23, 2010

Today I finished framing in the end gables. Tomorrow and possibly Wednesday, I will be helping shingle a roof in Butte for my cousin. When we finish, I'll take one of his people to run the lift and sheet the end gables and cover the sheeting with Tyvex.

After the gables are sheeted the next step is to cut the windows and doors on the main floor to their final size and frame them in. I may just install one door on the main floor, and sheet over the other doors and windows for the winter.

Framing 75% complete, Aug 21, 2010

As of today I have completed 75% of the framing on the end gables. You see the north end here completed. On the south side the half over the loft is also completed. I have to set up the scaffolding on the main floor to finish the south end. I need a second person to run the lift to sheet the gable ends. I will be trading some work with my cousin to get someone to help.

The wind was blowing so hard today from the south that my cap kept blowing off my head. Tony was staining the ridgepole and had to stop because of the wind.

Framing end gables, Aug 19, 2010

Today I started framing in the end gables. I was looking for someone with experience to help me with this, but it turns out I am experienced! What you see completed here took me 13 hours. I think I can complete the framing on both ends by Saturday. The end over the family room will be a little tricky. It's close to 30 feet above the floor. When the framing is completed, I will sheet both ends with OSB and cover them with Tyvek. (A plastic sheeting that protects the OSB)

Yesterday I also installed the last two beams in the basement. They support the logs that run from the main floor all the way to the roof system.

Finished shingling, Aug 18, 2010

Yesterday I had to purchase a roofing nailer and a 100 foot air hose to finish shingling the roof. I made it to within 3 feet of the peak yesterday before the shingles became too hot to walk on safely. Today I finished shingling the house. I am now looking for someone to help me frame out the end gables.

Framing the end gables requires two people as we will do a lot of it using the lift.

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.