We've made a bunch of progress since the last update, starting with getting our door in! Subfloor, walls, sheathing, windows, even roof...nothing compares to the door when it comes to making the place feel like a house. Added bonus: we can now feel a little safer leaving tools at the site, since we can lock the door :)
Speaking of feeling more like a home: we have keys!
Here's Jeremy taking the time to finish properly flashing the door while I just tried to contain the excitement of having a door.
On a different front, here's one of the massive "60d" nails - that's 6 inches by 0.25 inches, if we're going to use actual measurements ;)
Remaining rows of Gutex went on quickly. We still need to nail in many more of the battens (one goes atop each rafter), but then the roof will be done until the metal panels arrive (which could be as soon as this next weekend!)
Roof as seen from inside shows that the house is now pretty rain-proof, minus the fascia area on either end. We've stopped putting tarps over the structure, since Gutex is rated to be weather and UV resistant for up to 4 months before needing to be covered with proper roofing.
Also, just noted that all the wane and knots in our rafters make them look pretty beat-up, or dirty or something. Oh well, they're still plenty strong (and I don't think they look as bad in person).
A nice end-of-day picture with some idea of the progress up to that point.
Starting the upper windows. These ones were a bit scary, being around 11 feet up in the air.
But eventually, we got all three in. With the Tyvek cut away and replaced with windows, we get a nice amount of light streaming in (even here on the North side).
Nice overall shot for end of the 22nd build day. I think it's starting to look pretty good with all the windows in!
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