16 June 2018
To finish the outside of the roof raising, I first covered the extra wall with 1" sheathing.
The frieze is made up of 5 different pieces of wood and trim. The fifth piece is some crown molding at the top that's not in this picture.
When they first built the addition, they had put the new roof under the fascia and soffit, and over the existing frieze detail. We were able to salvage this wood work and we have enough material to do one side of the addition. We will have to purchase or fabricate copies to do the other two sides.
We started with putting the bottom half of the frieze in place. Then went back around with the soffit.
Then we put back the vertical tongue and groove boards in the middle of the frieze.
On the gable end we added some fish scale detail to make it look similar to three of the other gables.
And finally the roof raising was done. The little square blocks are place holders for the corbels that we intend to recreate and put in place later. I put a little corn cob detail at the top of the gable because I didn't get my measurements right and the crown molding on the fascia didn't meet up at the top.
Next it was time to get the electrical rough-in finished up. The old meter box was simply screwed to the siding. I wanted to mount the new one on something a little more substantial. So I added some framing and created a sturdy board with lapped pieces of 5/4 board.
Then we pulled the "incorrect" service entrance cable out, pulled the "correct" SEC through, and connected everything up.
The rough-in electrical was approved a couple days later. Framing was approved a day after that. Woot woot!!!
Amy started working on finishing the upstairs master bedroom. It's about the only room in the house that, once the electrical work and window re-glazing was done, doesn't need any more repair work. Our daughter Sam and her friend Megan were here to help!
I started doing a little insulation work. These are baffles I fabricated from 1/2" foam board to create air channels under the roof decking. I had to make these because the the prefab ones are made for 16" OC or 24" OC rafter bays and ours are wider than that and vary from bay to bay. This is the attic space above the 1/2 bath and pantry and will get blown-in insulation.
The next project is to manage the rain water run-off around the house. There are no gutters on the house and we would prefer to keep it that way. So the plan is to create a ground gutter / french drain combination running around three sides of the house. More digging...
We will line the excavated area with plastic, then lay a perforated pipe in the lower channel part, then cover the plastic and pipe with gravel.
To finish the outside of the roof raising, I first covered the extra wall with 1" sheathing.
The frieze is made up of 5 different pieces of wood and trim. The fifth piece is some crown molding at the top that's not in this picture.
When they first built the addition, they had put the new roof under the fascia and soffit, and over the existing frieze detail. We were able to salvage this wood work and we have enough material to do one side of the addition. We will have to purchase or fabricate copies to do the other two sides.
We started with putting the bottom half of the frieze in place. Then went back around with the soffit.
Then we put back the vertical tongue and groove boards in the middle of the frieze.
On the gable end we added some fish scale detail to make it look similar to three of the other gables.
And finally the roof raising was done. The little square blocks are place holders for the corbels that we intend to recreate and put in place later. I put a little corn cob detail at the top of the gable because I didn't get my measurements right and the crown molding on the fascia didn't meet up at the top.
Next it was time to get the electrical rough-in finished up. The old meter box was simply screwed to the siding. I wanted to mount the new one on something a little more substantial. So I added some framing and created a sturdy board with lapped pieces of 5/4 board.
Then we pulled the "incorrect" service entrance cable out, pulled the "correct" SEC through, and connected everything up.
The rough-in electrical was approved a couple days later. Framing was approved a day after that. Woot woot!!!
Amy started working on finishing the upstairs master bedroom. It's about the only room in the house that, once the electrical work and window re-glazing was done, doesn't need any more repair work. Our daughter Sam and her friend Megan were here to help!
I started doing a little insulation work. These are baffles I fabricated from 1/2" foam board to create air channels under the roof decking. I had to make these because the the prefab ones are made for 16" OC or 24" OC rafter bays and ours are wider than that and vary from bay to bay. This is the attic space above the 1/2 bath and pantry and will get blown-in insulation.
The next project is to manage the rain water run-off around the house. There are no gutters on the house and we would prefer to keep it that way. So the plan is to create a ground gutter / french drain combination running around three sides of the house. More digging...
We will line the excavated area with plastic, then lay a perforated pipe in the lower channel part, then cover the plastic and pipe with gravel.
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