Farmhouse Addition - Week 21 Updates

After a little bit of rain Saturday morning, this weekend turned out some great weather for working outside.  We moved to the north elevation and completed the soffit and fascia, angled trim, and board and batten detail at the peak.  This is as far as we can go until the new roof is installed.

Angled trim, soffit/fascia and board and batten peak detail are installed and caulked.  This week I will hit with 2 coats of white paint.  I could only reach the left half of this peak from the lift, so I had to build a work platform to reach the right side. 

View from the ground.  It's great to be able to see some progress on the front of the house as you drive in.

Here's a cool picture Mike took of me in the lift.

Sunday morning we pounded in more 3" nails than I would ever care to do again to get the joist hangers fastened to the beam.  The existing roof is better supported now than ever!  

Here's a picture from the other direction.  Pretty solid!

 Mike tackled installing all the insulation baffles.  These keep the loose insulation from dumping out onto the soffit and also keep a channel for air to flow up along the underside of the roof. 

Here's a picture of the top work platform to reach the top of the peak.  It's not quite tall enough, so I had to set up a ladder on top of it to reach the peak.  It's not the most secure feeling being up there, but is definitely stable!  (note - the ladder is not setup - its just sitting there in the picture!)

 We also spent a while cleaning out the garage.  There was leftover siding trim, lumber, etc.  Now there isn't much of anything left!  This cleanup is in preparation for filling the rest of the garage with sand and ultimately getting the floor poured!

Cleaning the garage involved moving a lot of lumber - what better way to do that than with the concrete buggy!

Down in the basement you can see the final column placement.  This puppy runs 3 stories!  It is sitting on the new thickened pad.  With the joist hangers in and beam fully supporting the roof, we also removed the temporary support walls.

And, of course, the Shop Kitty pic of the week!  Hangin out on her corner of the couch, limbless.