So, on July 23, 2013, our roof, siding, and several windows got totaled from the hail storm. We received a pretty decent settlement check for the damages, and Herself says "It seems like it would be a lot more fun to watch you roof a really steep house rather than this not steep one; why don't you just make this house a lot steeper? And while you are at it, I always like houses with big overhangs and soffits." Well, as most of you all know, what Herself wants, Herself pretty much gets. So we went from a 3/12 pitch to a 7/12 pitch, and from a 12" soffit to a 36" soffit. Well, it maybe wasn't exactly like that, but she's the idea person; I'm just the laborer. But as I think you will see, since it needed re-done anyway, we upgraded some of it. And I hope my jibing my wife is recognized as good natured fun...
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| This picture was taken in July of 2014 |
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January of 2015; new windows already in.
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| February of 2015 |
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| March 2015 |
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| Masonry completed! Yay! |
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| I thought it would be easier to build dormers on the ground, inside than on the roof. So I decided to build them in the shed, then install them later. |
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| Sided, painted, wrapped, and ready to go! |
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| The hand-off! Tricky, when your doing by yourself. |
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| ...No dormers... |
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| ...One dormer... |
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| ...Two dormers... |
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| ...Two dormers, completed with roof. |
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| Finally, very near completion. Gable sided, gutters on, (not quite completed) and I'm building the shutters and hinges this weekend. |
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| ...and continuing around the corner... |
3 comments:
Looks great! Your wife is a smart woman, she has the ideas and you have the muscle?
That's right! She spends a lot of time dreaming about what she likes, then spends a LOT of time on Pinterest, pinning stuff so she can show me specifically what it is that she likes. (I need pictures)
Looks like a good project. Are the gutters copper?
It reminds me of 2007 to 2008 when I designed and GC'd construction of our house. We put in a lot of sweat equity!
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