Thursday, March 12, 2015

Stair Dormer Progress


  The dormer is progressing. Wrapped up for enduring winter (it held up nicely with no leaks) The dormer and the new window is ready for some finish work with trim and flashing.
  Here is the inside view. The dormer is all insulated and ready for drywall and finish work. It provides much more light and a better view of the yard. Now on to the stairs.....

Thursday, March 5, 2015

Some New Beams and Organization


   I have finished replacing the beams (technically cross-ties) in the ceiling and installing foam insulation. The house is now noticeably warmer and the new beams are much stronger and better looking. In the process of clean up I needed to set all the tools out of the way and it came out a bit more organized than usual.
  Here are two of the beams installed. A little smoothing and some finish and they should be good for another 100 years.