Does the view seem wider than previous pictures? There is a reason, but more on that later.
The photo below is to demonstrate Paul’s flipping around the roof. The rest is a little lagniappe.
These are what he’s nailing the boards into. Hurricane protection.
Nice view if we were going to have a second story. (We’re not.)
They finished the roof after dark — or really, just throwing the last beams up. (Getting them up was something Paul couldn’t do by himself, so they cut and got them up while Paul had help.) Paul finished nailing them all down the next day.
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Matt | 28-Dec-07 at 6:09 pm | Permalink
Nice work!
And nice lens (EF17-40mm f/4L USM)!
Cold Spaghetti | 28-Dec-07 at 8:35 pm | Permalink
Yup — that’s it! I’m told that the “L” means “loan” — my Dad really wanted a wider lens (wider than the 24mm he brought into the Grand Canyon) so this is on “loan” for when he doesn’t need/want it. What it really means is that I get the 24mm full-time now.
Anonymous | 28-Dec-07 at 9:41 pm | Permalink
They’ve done an amazing job on this addition! Hats off to the guys for getting so much done in such a short amount of time. Thanks for all the updates. 🙂
Andrew Kottenstette | 28-Dec-07 at 9:58 pm | Permalink
Ditto on the production. Check your local codes. I would have thought spans as wide as that required blocking after ten feet, especially for hurricane re-inforcement. Pnuematic framing nailers do make a man feel ten feet tall and bullet-proof for a while. My dad said they used to gauge how productive a carpenter was by how many pounds of nails used per day. By the sound of what they did in the late Fifties I’d say the house was half metal by the time they finished though. Looks good!
Cold Spaghetti | 28-Dec-07 at 10:28 pm | Permalink
He did the blocking the next day — they could only do so much in a day! The goal was to get the heavy lifting work done while two people were on the job.
Andrew Kottenstette | 01-Jan-08 at 8:53 am | Permalink
Oh.