3 common rafters, 4 hip rafters, 16 jack rafters – and I still have to figure out how I want to frame up the entrance area (where the 4th common rafter would have been). We want some kind of dormer – skylight – thingy. I’ll do that in 2x6s so it won’t be so heavy looking – and bonus – easier to cut the angles on the compound mitre saw.
This project is really evil so far. Another ‘what-the-heck-was-I-thinking’ project.
Woo-hoo!
nothing like winging it when doing a large project
That’s just the way I roll, “Bob”
p.s. Is it just me or does this website change its’ appearance every two weeks?
Looks great.
This site seems to change every” two Days”
Today’s pics WOW!!!!!!
going to work on the dormer today. thought i’d made a time lapse of the process so I adjusted the webcam.
Plus I want to follow the cast shadow on the ground as the day progresses, and get an idea of what sort of sun/shade we’ll be living with.
I gotta get me one of them
Virginia and I are watching you. I don’t see a tether when you are on the roof.
Safety!!!!!
1) low sloped roof
2) 2x lumber installed around the edges with a 2 inch lip above the plywood
3) Sue needs fresh material to show at her safety meeting “Don’t let your sister try this at home” presentations
Is there a reason for the dormer or is it just an architectural feature?
Might make a nice pigeon coop!!
George was worried that we would need more light. But the walls are so high, that really, it is just decorative.
Are you taking the dormer down???
In the next post “dormer in 38 seconds” I explained that I discovered I had cut the rafters wrong. It just drove me crazy to look at it. One more afternoon and $6 in 2x4s to rebuild it seemed worth the aggravation.
Are you going to shingle the roof?
2nd question or more of a comment.
If you have a lip on the edge of the roof, won’t that keep the snow from sliding off letting it sit there and cause water damage to the roof?
Logged on this morning and saw you shingling! so that answers part of my last question. When I came back a couple of hours later, I thought “What is Sue doing up on that roof and also without a harness”
Watching more, I guess it is not Sue but you.
“Be careful up there”