Lifting the day's supplies on top the roof.
The crane wires that had been hooking below the boxes yesterday, were now hooked to the roof, and the crane began lifting one side of the roof, very slowly. 
See the wood laying under the roof on the right. Those are the pre-built walls, which they take one at a time and insert under the roof, upright, to hold the weight of the roof. The crane is still holding it at this point.
The walls are placed carefully in place, as there are pre-marked blue lines on the floor where each wall needs to go. It is measured and leveled as they put each one in place.
With the half walls in place holding the roof, they put up several posts to temporarily hold the roof, and they start raising the second side of the roof.
With both of the half-roof sides up and properly braced, up goes supplies and the end walls for the front and back..
See the walls being set in place to the right and below.
One side of the roof up and then the other.
With both sides of the roof put together, up comes the dormers. A single dormer and a double dormer for one side and a double size dormer for the other.
At the end of this day, the 3 dormers were in and then the crane lifted the roofing supplies up to the roof and set them on top of the dormers. the contractor says from here on out, things will go slower. The crane went home at the end of the day.
Wow. They sure are fast! And it looks like they did a splendid job too! I know it’s not yet finished, but I can tell that your new home and new roof will look amazing, and at the same time, very functional. I can’t wait to see some more pictures of your new home.
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You know what this reminds me of? Building a Lego house! My dad is an architect, and he saw my penchant for building spaces when I was very young, so he bought me lots of Lego sets to play with, and I would make square or rectangular homes but with varying roofs. I had flat roofs, raised roofs, crazy roofs. I once made a roof entirely out of windows (I just had way too many windows, haha)! These photos of the progress on your roof – especially the pictures of the assembled dormers being lowered into place – really remind me of that, haha! The great thing about the construction of this house is that almost everything seems pre-fabricated, or at least assembled off-site, making it easier to put everything in place and just nail them down.
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I wouldn’t be surprised at all if they managed to finish it ahead of time. You can tell they had the tools and skills needed for the job. What I like about their strategy is that the concept of their construction is like that of a pre-fab material for a high-rise building. Quick to install.
ReplyDeleteNoreen Mayweather