After the Rain

We have had six weeks of no rain, until last Sunday.  That was much too tempting for the mischievous Rain Gods who could see all of the framing up with no roof.  They gleefully tipped buckets of water and we got at least two inches of rain.  Our carpenter put 2x4's and plastic over the open area of the addition, to keep it out.  What he didn't know is that the gutter was full of leaf debris that worked like a dam to keep the water away from the downspout.  As a result, we had water run down into the basement ceiling and down to the floor.

Fortunately we went out to the house on Tuesday because David had an evening meeting.  It rained again Tuesday afternoon, while we were there. We were able to find the problem, and resolve it, but only after further flood waters flowed into the basement. The focus the rest of this week was getting the roof into position before the next rain. Tomorrow.

On Friday afternoon the right side sloping roof of the addition was in place, and they are putting in the joists covering the section between the old roof to the left and the new peak on the right.  This is what it looked like from the front on Friday. You can see how they are making a transitional slope to avoid a deep valley between the sections.

This is how it looked from above on Friday.  The edge of the original roof is on the right, and the new roof will overlap it so that it makes a smooth transition between the two.  It is very complicated getting the wood cut to meet all of the different angles needed to fit the puzzle pieces together.  We are quite impressed with the crew.

Two of the crew came in today to get everything done before the rain tomorrow.  As we were leaving this afternoon they were finishing up with the boards for the roof decking.  So with tar paper and a tarpaulin, we hope it all stays dry through whatever buckets of water the Rain Gods decide to pour down tomorrow.