Under Roof - Finally!

At the end of my last post, the SIPs roof was just getting finished and snow was beginning to fall.  This time around, the house had been weatherized as much as possible.  The first floor was pretty well protected but the second floor was still wide open.  As predicted, the snowfall was fairly significant - bringing another foot of snow.  We're definitely getting tired of the snow.

More snow (Click image for more photos.)

Although we got a lot of snow, the weatherproofing that was done on the house worked quite well.  The first floor was more-or-less completely protected and it was only the second floor that had to be cleared out.  Once that was done, the second floor interior walls were framed out and the roof trusses started going up.  Unfortunately, we were in Washington D.C. for much of this so I didn't get any pictures of this part of the project.  What's worse is that while in Washington, the weather report was predicting yet more snow for Carlisle, up to six inches!  Darn, it's starting to feel like someone "upstairs" is out to get us.  Fortunately, this storm did not really materialize and we only got an inch or so.

When we returned, the roof was well underway.  The trusses were up on the house and they were working on the trusses for the garage.  Once the trusses are in place, they are covered with plywood and tar paper.  At this point, the roof is considered weather proof.  Finally!  Now it can snow all it wants (let it snow, let it snow, let it snow...).  Well, on second thought, let's hope it doesn't.  We're sick of the snow.

The house has a roof (Click image for more photos.)