I love the roof

I just adore seeing the roof line of the house. And I love being up on the second storey just looking at the roof. It makes it seem so real and cosy.

 

Dave put up some of the new green painted rafter tails after work today too. The rest are yellow so we will paint them all green down the track. We thought they'd look more of a feature if they were a different colour.

Green rafter tails

 There also seems to be more action happening in our street. We came house to see some of the road blocked off and the street decorated with orange warning flags.

Is there a parade coming?

Pretty orange flags

I am hoping that the trees will start to be cut down tomorrow. That would be exciting.

Cheers,

Trusses 90% done

Today was a big day. The sun was out and we were go for putting up the trusses on the second storey. Dave asked his brother to come over and help him. While he isn't a chippy, he is a cabinet maker (he did our kitchen) so he was a massive help and probably both learnt a lot.


So here are some pictures.

First some ply bracing was put up.

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 Strapped down the studs and braced with hoop iron.

 Close up of the strapping.

Sunrise over the city this morning.

Trusses in progress.

The brothers hard at work.

From the front

From the front

 I also did some painting of the lining board to go under the eaves.

 

We are still hoping that the roof will go on before Easter. Fingers crossed everyone.

Cheers,

 

Slow going in the rain

I haven't posted much in the last few days, simply because there isn't that much happening due to the rain. I has basically rained for that past 3.5 days. The back floor is soggy and we are worried that if it doesn't dry out properly that we will have to replace it and that would be an expensive exercise.

Dave has been finishing off the top walls ready to put the roof trusses up with the help of his brother on Sunday.

We used some of the old tin roof to channel the drips off the floor and under the house. I have been out there with towels and buckets drying it out as much as I can.

 

 

Wrapped the house up to try to keep it drier.

New trusses for second storey roof

 We had leaks in the bathroom around the down lights.

 

Had to put towels and buckets around. A small leak in the kids room too.

 

Have a good weekend everyone.

Cheers,