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9-22-12 Jeff continued down the east wall with the porch roof ledger today and cut the last overdangle off that was in the way. Stephen manned the rope this time. |
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9-23-12 Today, Jeff was out at the log racks cutting up leftover logs into 7-1/2' sections to be used for the porch roof supports. He brought them up near the house where they'll be ready to use. no additional Deck/Porch pics for today |
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9-28-12 Today was a day of visual progress. We don't have too many of those, it seems. Jeff and Bob stood up all the log supports across the front of the house. They are all sitting on 1/2" rebar pins driven down into the 6x6 posts that are exposed at deck level. |
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10-1-12 Bob and Jeff finished setting all the log supports today, then started in on the header and tie beams. cilck here for more Deck/Porch pics
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10-2-12 Paul and Nathaniel joined Jeff and Bob for the rest of the week and got started at the SE corner of the house. They finished connecting the first three support logs with the header and connecting the header to the wall with tie beams. no additional Deck/Porch pics for today |
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10-3-12 They guys moved right along today, finishing the headers and tie beams on the east side and wrapping around to the front. cilck here for more Deck/Porch pics
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10-4-12 We wrapped around to the west side today with the header and tie beams. |
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10-19-12 Bob and Jeff have been working on the rafters. These are double 2x10's which all have to be custom-cut at the ledger end and custom-notched for the "birds mouth" on the header. This is because of the ledger board following the taper and contour of the log it's bolted into. We also got over 10 loads of dirt today from a local project. |
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10-26-12 Bob and Jeff finished laying out the raftes on the west side today, but leaving them only tacked in place. Next, the lower ends will be plumb-cut in order to install a fascia board and possible future gutters. |
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11-2-12 Hurricane Sandy has been pushing a lot of rain our way and has put a hold on much of our work for a while. But today, Jeff was out in the rain attaching the hurricane clips (of all things) to the lower ends of the rafters and the header. |
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11-13-12 Bob and Jeff started setting the front porch full-length roof rafters today. no additional Deck/Porch pics for today |
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11-15-12 The front full-length rafters are all set in place now. no additional Deck/Porch pics for today |
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11-16-12 It was time to work on the NW corner roof framing today, which involved some special rafter hangers. |
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11-22-12 Jeff was by himself today and laid the starter row of 2x6 T&G roof decking on the west roof. First each board needed to be run through the table saw to put a bevel on the leading edge. no additional Deck/Porch pics for today |
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11-23-12 Paul was able to come up a few days before Thanksgiving and help Jeff with the roof decking. They made great progress, getting about half of it finished. |
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11-25-12 Jeff finished off the west roof today. On to the front roof next. no additional Deck/Porch pics for today |
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12-1-12 Jeff started in on the front roof today, laying down the starter row of T&G. |
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12-7-12 Jeff got about half of the front roof done today. no additional Deck/Porch pics for today |
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12-9-12 Another day on the roof. About 3/4 done now. no additional Deck/Porch pics for today |
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12-14-12 Front roof finished! no additional Deck/Porch pics for today |
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12-16-12 Jillena and Jeff were both up on the north roof today, laying down the felt paper. Jeff's dad had some rolls of heavy paper laying around that were dried out on the ends so the paper had to be trimmed as it was unrolled. It was extra work, but worth it for the free material! They got one full roll stapled down, which was covered 2-1/2 rows. no additional Deck/Porch pics for today |
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12-21-12 Jeff finished laying down the paper today, then Jillena helped him secure it with some lumber scraps Jeff cut up. no additional Deck/Porch pics for today |
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