During the past few weeks, while Debbie toiled away at pulling 3/4 of a mile of wire, we decided to pull the trigger and get the roof on the house. Being the frugal people that we are, we had always planned on putting up the roof ourselves. But, between already having multiple tasks on our plate, and not really wanting to tightrope on that roof 30 feet above earth, we went ahead and hired a local contacting company/neighbor/friend to put up the roof for us.
But first, we went ahead and installed most of the facia ourselves to save time and money
facia: stained cedar around the perimeter of the roof lines
Carrying a piece of drip flashing.
We also installed most* of the eave/drip flashing. Both the facia and eave flashing have to be in place before the roof can go up.
* Most=everything except the dormers which we couldn’t reach with our ladders.
Then came Brian and David from Bellevue General contractors to start the roof.
We had the roofing materials on site since last fall. (Aging them or something I guess.) The color is called “antique patina” which is same as the cabin – sort of an olive green that turns coppery when the sun hits it are certain angles. The panels are 26 gauge 12” wide snap lock hidden fastener.
Brian up on the roof of the living room. Ladder logistics was a big deal for our roof.
One thing important to getting a roof up well is that the house is built square. Luckily, I guess we did a pretty good job with that.
sometimes I helped by asking – “hey watcha doin?”
Ren did some ladder work as well.
The lake side of the house was the hardest to get done due to the height. I was on the ground fetching and handing panels up to the guys.
They cobbled together a ladder that hooked over the ridge to be able to work on the roof. The flashing detail around the dormers was fairly complex. Brian did a great job.
Brian certainly has more guts than I do!
The cabin side of the house was a little easier to deal with.
Despite all appearances – I did some work too. Aside from handing up the panels, I cut most of the flashing and the additional facia for the dormers. The ridge flashing was a big question mark due to the different slopes of the main part of the roof (10:12 pitch) and the dormer roofs (5:12 pitch). My “plan” was such that the point where the bottom of the ridge flashing hits the two roof angles (9 1/2” below the peak) was the same for each roof. guess what – it was darn close!
The roof is finally done. It took about 5 days. So we hired people for the bottom (foundation) and top (roof) of the house, and we’re filling in between.
One task I accomplished since the last post was to build the deck for the master bathtub. fun project.
Poor Deb continued to toil away at pulling wire. So far, we’ve bought 3,500 feet of 12/2, and 250 feet of each 12/3 and 10/3. We still need to buy 8/3 wire for the range and dryer. We also just bought the main feeder wire – 630’ of 2/0 copper. big stuff around 1/2” in diameter.
Debbie also pulled all of the Cat5 network and phone cable.
Next priority: finish the electrical.
So awesome!! Can't wait to see the final project!
ReplyDeleteI understand about being hesitant to put the roof up yourself, especially since you already have so many other things going on. I think that was for the best and a good call on your part. It looks great and the color is really unique. You don’t see that color on a roof too often, so it’s kind of refreshing to see.
ReplyDeleteCatherine Burns @ Easton Roofing LLC