9.23.2016

I had a few errands to run this morning, including getting more driver bits and trim screws at Lowe's.  Jim headed out and got busy on the siding.

You can peak through the scaffolding to see the progress on the dormer wall.

Plus, he got the next courses cut for the dormer wall - these had to be primed and painted so they'll be ready to install tomorrow morning. 

At lunchtime, we took the box truck and headed to the roofing supply store to pick up our soffit.  Jim didn't order everything we'll need; he wanted to try out this product first.  It looks really nice - the vent is built in.

All unloaded and tucked away in the shop.

Jim needed to transfer the outline of the porthole window that will go in this area as a reference when he is putting up shingles.  So he drilled a screw through from the inside to the outside, made this compass that fit over the screw on one end and had a hole for a pencil in the other end to draw the circumference.  Pretty nifty!

Attaching more shingles...

Moving around to the front...

Making good progress!

 

We have been going through lots of paint to get all these shingles painted and if anyone has bought paint lately, you know how expensive it is.  We decided that we really don't need to paint the whole shingle - the top is totally covered by all the other shingles.  The shingles are already factory painted so they have a good coat on them for protection.  So here's the first batch of two-tone shingles!

 

The forecast had called for the possibility of showers both in the morning and mid-afternoon - thankfully they never materialized.  But the ones for early evening came through about 5:30 so we had to scramble to get tools put away.  There was quite the difference in temperature today - yesterday was 80 degrees - today's high was 67 but with a brisk wind, it felt like it was in the 50s for a good part of the day.  Still a great day with lots of forward progress!

 

End-of-the-day picture in the rain...

 

 

High 67/Low 43