Struse Family Blog





Welcome to our family blog! Follow along with us as we build our new family home! We have waited a REALLY long time, so we want to share the experience with all those we love who are far away! Hope you enjoy it and maybe learn a thing or two. . . .


Wednesday, July 21, 2010

The roof

Okay, sorry I am so behind! So much has been happening! The roof is almost done. After the framers finished with the plywood, we covered it with this stuff called Feltex to keep the water out. It comes in a big roll, so you just roll it out and nail it down. Then we had to cover that with the boards that will hold up the tiles. They are each about 4 feet long and in rows 13 inches apart. Let me just say, that is a REALLY big roof! The hardest part was measuring and marking everything so that the boards are straight and meet up at the corners. We got dried in just in time, as it has been raining nearly every day! The tiles are arriving today. We will have to unload them all onto the roof using a forklift, then they get set out on the boards (there's a little ledge that sits right on the top of the board). We are going to screw every other tile to the roof for extra security. We get some pretty strong winds in the spring! We will be starting on the tiles this weekend! More on that later. . . . . .


The front entryway all finished! There will be a porch out to where the columns are.


The roof with all the plywood on before we covered it.


One side finished!

The view of the front with the roof done.

View from the back side with the roof done. We just have that little spot to go, and it's kinda tricky!


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