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I don't know how the guys work this fast, but they do. Today, they got the rest of the interior sheeting up all the way around, and then the exterior sheeting, too. That above is the east side; below is what it looks like from the front:
The parapets are closed in and covered over now.
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So is the west side:
And, yes, the sky really is that blue this time of year.
But the sheeting is basically done — in other words, all ready for the next stages, which will begin with the scratch coat and metal lath (which looks, essentially, like chicken wire) to protect the wood. Then it'll be time for plastering.
That's after the roof is finished, of course. The rolls of BRAI (it's apparently an acronym for Bitumen Roofing something-or-other) were delivered yesterday, and on Monday, they're slated to rent the torch equipment and the rolling scaffold. Next Wednesday and Thursday, we'll be down to a two-man crew, so finishing up the roof will likely take the whole week.
Between the roof and the plastering, we'll need to get the windows and doors. The front door will be old-style traditional dual wood doors, and it may be that Toney, with his mastery of all things woodworking, can do them for us. The rest, though, will be commercial stuff, and we're going to need to have them delivered by, roughly, the first of November.
We are both profoundly grateful for the response to the major push for the roofing materials. There's absolutely no way we could have done this otherwise, and without the roof, work would have essentially halted. But now, we have to get the rest of it closed in.
Which means, of course, continual shares of the link to our YouCaring page via the widgets on it. We especially need folks to share it using the widget code from the box at lower right, which gives you this:
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| Photo copyright Aji, 2016; all rights reserved. |
But the sheeting is basically done — in other words, all ready for the next stages, which will begin with the scratch coat and metal lath (which looks, essentially, like chicken wire) to protect the wood. Then it'll be time for plastering.
That's after the roof is finished, of course. The rolls of BRAI (it's apparently an acronym for Bitumen Roofing something-or-other) were delivered yesterday, and on Monday, they're slated to rent the torch equipment and the rolling scaffold. Next Wednesday and Thursday, we'll be down to a two-man crew, so finishing up the roof will likely take the whole week.
Between the roof and the plastering, we'll need to get the windows and doors. The front door will be old-style traditional dual wood doors, and it may be that Toney, with his mastery of all things woodworking, can do them for us. The rest, though, will be commercial stuff, and we're going to need to have them delivered by, roughly, the first of November.
We are both profoundly grateful for the response to the major push for the roofing materials. There's absolutely no way we could have done this otherwise, and without the roof, work would have essentially halted. But now, we have to get the rest of it closed in.
Which means, of course, continual shares of the link to our YouCaring page via the widgets on it. We especially need folks to share it using the widget code from the box at lower right, which gives you this:
We also need continued shares of Wings's Web site; testimonials are helpful, too. And we are well into the season for holiday commissions (in fact, he's got a number in process already), so if you're contemplating a special order for the holidays, now is the time to contact me and get yours in the queue on his workbench.
The last few weeks, we've kept an unrelenting pace, and we're both feeling it. Today was no different, despite the date, although we did take time out for a nice dinner this evening. But we'll both be back at it tomorrow. Many, many thanks to everyone who's given us a hand in getting to this point. Please bear with me a little longer as we try to push through this final compound stage at breakneck speed, in hopes of beating the first big snow.
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How big is that upstairs balcony? I can't really even see where it is from the photos I've caught thus far. Is it big enough to get a couple chairs out there to sit and enjoy evenings?
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