So, today Angela met Dennis over at the house bright and early (7 am) with Don, the roof truss manufacturer. Last week Dennis "ordered" the trusses, which really just means that he got our name added to the job que. This morning the three of them confirmed the pitches for each of the roof segments. The roof over the main portion of the house will be constructed at 5:12, however the roof overthe garage and at the front porch will be a bit steeper at 7:12. The other sections of roof will all be made at 5:12 as well.
We're using scissor trusses in the "breezeway" to afford us the opportunity to have a slight vault in our ceiling.
Speaking of the roof over the garage - the existing one has yet to come down. This would be frustrating, except that we realize the garage is the only covered portion of the property and serves as a nice shelter for various reasons.
Last night we met Dennis in the backyard with Joel Birk. Joel is one of Josh's oldest friends who has been subbed out to build a wood deck over our existing patio/planters. We stood out there for a good hour trying to figure out the best game plan; we should be pretty close to nailing down our ideas. Joel's supposed to be figuring up his estimate and helping us finalize the design.
We also decided on a Hardiplank siding color: Evening Blue
Overall it seems as though the guys have been putting in a decent amount of work ever since the phone call between Dennis and Angela.
In other news, we are <---this---> close to being finished with Paragon! Hip Hip Hooray!!!
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Just a little comment about the third photo (of the patio):
The ground does not slope up, as it appears on the right. The grass is just that tall there.
It will be odd that it's not yellow anymore---it always sort of reminded me of Grandma and Grandpa's house.
Well, the house and both grandparents have passed and are in Heaven (well, maybe not the house, it seems it burned and went to hell). So, now we will have a "heavenly" evening sky blue to remind us of friends agone.
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