Roof and Rain
A major rain storm came in and cut this week short at Thursday. Mark and Logan worked on Tuesday, and then I went up on Wednesday, so we only got two days of work in. However, we’re working on the roof and it’s fun to see the progress.
Mark and Logan put up the tie log for the porch and it came out quite well. I think Mark did the notches and I really like the looks of them. Mark was clearly pleased with getting this porch log up, and it gives a good flavor of what the porch will look like. The photo below provides another perspective.
It was entertaining watching Mark and Logan work with each other. Every step needed discussion, we often talked over each other, disagreed while saying the same thing, but we always settled on good approaches. Everyone had the privilege of getting to admit that they were wrong and/or someone else had a better idea.
With over an inch of rain forecast, we took time to tarp up the SIP panels and button the camp up tight before we left. Mark is putting the finishing touches on the tarps over one of the stacks of SIP panels in the photo above.
We briefly put up the ridge pole — Mark was pleased!
The photo above shows how we left the cabin before the storm. Both plate logs are up, two king posts are up for the ridge pole, and two more will go up on the tie logs.
We got one more day in after the rain and made nice progress, thanks to Scott coming over to help. We put up the ridge pole, marked our cuts on the ridge pole and plate logs to mill, and got the milling done on the ridge pole. The above photo shows Logan milling the ridge pole with the Alaskan mill.
Special thanks to Scott, who made a long drive and stayed late to help. We need three people to put the logs up on the roof and could not have gotten much done without him. For the record, he worked harder than it looks as he watched progress from the chair.
Next steps
The next steps will be devoted to getting the roof support system in place. The steps for the various supports are (roughly):
Put the ridge pole back up and install king posts on top of the tie logs.
Pull the plate logs down, mill them so there’s a flat surface for the SIP panels, and then put them back up.
Follow a similar procedure for the two purlins. We will need to install rafter logs on the tie beams and small king posts on the walls to support the purlins.
Hey, looking good. Hope you beat the snow!