More Shingles, More Fun!

We went back the next day (Saturday) as had been previously arranged with Karen & Tim and kids. Rob and Pete joined us, too. We were pleasantly surprised to find the roofers hard at work. They had mostly finished the back side of the house and garage.

Front and Porch
I am not sure how good of an idea it is to work on snowy roofs. We hope the cleared snow down the middle of the front of the house was created by some waste being pushed off the roof :).


Back Nearly Done

Looks Steep!

Since it had been quite a while since Tim had seen the house and Karen had never seen it, we took the tour.

Getting the Tour

More Tour

Of course, the kids couldn't care less about the house; not when there was snow to be played in. Norah (blue & green) and Kitty (pink) looked cute in their Christmas present snow suits.

What a smile!

Fun can be had wherever there is snow.

The snow didn't seem that deep, but we aren't that short either.
Many thanks to Rob for some great photos.

Shingles

It has been almost a month since I last posted :^( (today is 2/17). Shame on me. We had to do taxes so we could do the FAFSA which was due Friday. I am hopeful that I can stay on top of it better now that that deadline has passed.

On Friday, 1/25, Becca and Alex came to visit and prepare their taxes. We took the opportunity to check on progress. We had heard that the roof trusses and decking were finished and they were busy shingling. Sure enough, the south side of the house and the southwest side of the garage were shingled.

West side of house with porch and foyer, including overhangs.

Shingling the garage.

Too cold to shingle you say? Having shingled before, I would have thought the shingles would be brittle and prone to breaking. Apparently this is not the case. I also thought the cold shingles would be hard to cut, when that was needed. Applying some heat with what looks like a mini flame thrower takes care of that problem. One guy applies the heat, the other cuts. (I choose applying the heat!)

Flame thrower?

In the previous post (which you have probably forgotten by now), you saw me admiring my roughed-in office. Here is Marlene's roughed in pantry. I just heard her today saying how much she was looking forward to having a pantry where she could find things (as she was rummaging around the back a cupboard in our current kitchen).

Pantry Roughed In

We are both very excited about the 4' x 4' skylight in the kitchen. We are both big fans of natural lighting. We are also excited about using the skylight as a thermal chimney on summer evenings to cool the house passively.

SkyLight Installed