The framing went pretty quickly. I think the majority of it was finished in about three days.
The west wall of the carport was an event. The entire crew used the wall to lift the roof (which has sagged over time). One of the contractors ran from rafter to rafter and pounded the wall into place with a big sledge hammer as the wall was tilted into place. The roof is now almost two inches higher on the outside corner. This means that the gutter probably flows the other direction now.
The framing on the SE corner bedroom was only tricky in that the roof tie-in had to be thought about. The workers also ran out of header material and decided to use half of the old beam that had originally been in the living room as the header above the south window. The house is probably happy to have the beam back.
Here are photos of the floor, walls, and roof.
what's going to happen to the dining room window? gone?
ReplyDeletescary about the raising of the carport roof! gah!
The dining room window moves 16' to the south and becomes the 3rd bedroom window.
Deleteok, i think I can see that.........
ReplyDeletethe window will be facing east on the new bedroom? next to the dining room?
There are two windows in the SE bedroom: one on the east side, one on the south side. I'll try to post a floor plan to help guide the blog followers through the new additions and changes.
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