Windows!

We installed four windows this afternoon- two on the east side, one on the north and one (the bathroom) on the west. Grace picked them up yesterday along with a few other supplies we needed so once I got home from work we were good to go. Below you see Grace preparing one of the rough openings for a window. The black stuff (with GRACE embossed on it) is rubberized adhesive flashing. The bottom picture shows me nailing the window to the house while Grace and Jesse are holding it in place on the inside. It actually went very quickly and smoothly - which made for a nice afternoon but not such an interesting blog post.

One of the miracles of science...

I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't read it with my own two eyes but Tyvek HomeWrap by DuPont is one of "the miracles of science". Wow! Now that may or may not be the case but I can tell you that the stuff is a pain in the neck to wrap a house with if your stapler decides not to cooperate... It's slippery and unwieldy. The mad scientists at DuPont cut it to a length which puts the top just out of arm's reach but it's not tall enough to cover the whole side in one pass... Oh well, least it's done (mostly...)

There's Norman "helping" me....

And here are the windows which we hope to be installing before the end of the week.

I guess we would have to admit that we've been a little lax regarding working on the addition lately. Getting a roof on the thing really took a lot of pressure off - maybe a little too much... We have done some stuff - we rerouted the furnace exhaust (which had been venting into Jesse's bedroom - thankfully, we caught that before we ran the furnace (too much...)), Grace also drew out all of the interior walls as well as bathroom fixtures and our bedroom furniture on the floor using sidewalk chalk (- kind of cool to see...)

Next time I hope to show you windows - installed!!!

Let it rain...

...because we've got a weather-tight roof on our addition!

The roofers came this morning at 9 a.m. and by 4 p.m. they had accomplished more than Grace and I could have done in two weeks - added bonus: no worries for Grace and no "additional" strain on our marriage. Yay!

Roof sheathing inspection

We passed our inspection today! That means we can put shingles on the roof next week - (or rather, pay to have someone else do it...) Then things can dry up and we can get busy doing "inside" work - i.e. plumbing and electrical. I think we'll take a bit of a breather this weekend and plot out a plan of attack.

Pictures from last Saturday...

Here are a few pictures of what we accomplished last Saturday morning. I didn't get a chance to post them due to the fact that we were only supposed to work until about 10 o'clock and we ended up working until well past noon. (I had to catch a plane to Ontario at 2...)

We were putting fascia boards up on the gable ends. Sounds simple enough doesn't it? Ominous as that sounds, it actually did go fairly smoothly. Below you see Jesse cutting the boards - and the next shot is Jesse and I nailing it on to the barge rafter. We also shored up a few things and checked to make sure we had enough nails in everywhere to satisfy the building inspector.

As you can see I had to straddle the peak of the roof to properly position the fascia board. (Not so comfortable...)

I could have put another picture of Grace with her "worried about people falling" face on, but you can just go back a few posts and look at some old pictures. On Saturday, Grace said to me (and I quote): "I'll be glad when none of my loved ones have to climb up on things anymore."