Guess Who’s Back!

November 29, 2015 Leave a comment

Well, I made it back. I’ve actually been home now for a couple months. I wanted to post sooner, but there’s always lots to catch up on, and then when I’ve had free time, I would forget to post!

This is the most recent picture I took of the exterior of the house. You probably noticed the roof wasn't completely done at this point. You can see the scaffolding wrapping around the upper perimeter of the house and some bracing going above the dome we were using to keep rain off before the blue waterproofing membrane was applied to the dome.

This is the most recent picture I took of the exterior of the house. You probably noticed the roof wasn’t completely done at this point. You can see the scaffolding wrapping around the upper perimeter of the house and some bracing going above the dome we were using to support tarps to keep rain off before the blue waterproofing membrane was applied to the dome.

Anyway, even though the trip was full of good beer, friends, and a super nice house to get to work on, it’s good to be home!

After months of working 60 hour weeks in the heat of summer, sleeping in a camper on a bed that’s too short for me, and showering outside, we’ll just say it was starting to catch up with me.

So much for a 6 week project huh? For the record, I didn’t come up with that number. That’s how long the homeowner told me the project would take…

This is a picture from inside the great room looking towards the upstairs office. You can see the timber frame trusses that support the ceiling of the great room and some of the other really nice wood beams that support the west end of the engineered trusses that make up the actual roof.

This is a picture from inside the great room looking towards the upstairs office. You can see the timber frame trusses that support the ceiling of the great room and some of the other really nice wood beams that support the west end of the engineered trusses that make up the actual roof.

But that’s beside the point. It was a very cool project to be a part of. Lots of really nice wood work, some 20′ tall walls, I got to help build a wood frame dome, and there were even copper gutters! How cool is that? Oh what, you’ve never seen a copper gutter before? Neither had I…

This is a picture of the dome ceiling (aka the office ceiling). The tongue and grove paneling wasn't quite done at this point.

This is a picture of the dome ceiling (aka the office ceiling). The tongue and grove paneling wasn’t quite finished at this point.

The house is designed with the gutters to be built in and hidden by a decorative detail that will wrap around the perimeter of the house. The idea behind the copper gutters is that they should last virtually forever. Really it’s a smart decision, just one that’s out of my income bracket =)

I’m thinking I’ll try and put together a week by week series showing the progress as we went along.

Stay tuned…

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