Closing in the Outside

The day before Thanksgiving, the roofer was able to get the entire roof done.  We were grateful since there was a lot of rain during that weekend, and it avoided more water in the basement.  The roof is not very visible from the road, but this gives an idea of the color.

In the front of the house, you can see a section lighter than the rest.  It is a transitional section between the original roof and the addition.  It doesn't have enough of a slope for regular shingles, so they built up "flat roof."  The only reason you can see it in this picture is I climbed on top of a neighbor's wall to take the shot.  It cannot be seen from the road.

When we visited today, the big picture windows in the living/dining room were installed, and the crew  was working on the sun porch windows.  I am so excited to finally get those done.  All of the windows should be in place by tonight.

You can see the very deep window sills the entire house will have.  In addition to the thick cinder block walls, there is a new 4 inch stud so that we can actually get in a reasonable layer of insulation.  That gives us about a 12 inch deep window casing and window sill.

Here is the view from our neighbor's house across the ravine.  The vinyl siding has not been entirely removed, so it is hanging down.

That swath of tall ornamental grasses is on the edge of our property.  Over 15 years ago Dad helped David an I divide up the clumps we found onsite. Then we replanted them down the slope to control erosion - which they still do very well.