January 5 - The front and rear hip are now framed. They are time consuming because they have to exactly match the existing roofs. It takes lots of special cuts to get things just right. Both look very good.
January 5 - Today (Thursday), we got most of the plywood on the roof. We also got felt (tar) paper on a good bit of it.
January 5 - Today we also finished up the hurricane ties. You can see the joist hangers. The new carport is very sturdy.
January 13 - The storage room insulation is up. Next, we will install plywood on the ceiling and walls. The plywood will not be finished (painted or clear coated).
January 18 - It has been too wet to put the metal on the roof. When the felt paper gets damp, it swells up and will make lumps if we cover it. Once the sun dries it well, the felt will lay back down and we'll put the roofing on.
January 18 - We got most of the ceiling up in the carport. In the rear, we left down a couple of pieces so we could access the attic over the back part of the playroom to install insulation. We have to put the trim up and trim put the beams. The fascia, and soffit are done on the front and sides.
January 26 - To make sure the garage and carport looked very good from the front, we took roofing metal off the back to use on the front.
January 26 - This is a view from the driveway through the trees. We still have to do the trim along the beams, on the columns and on the ceiling, but all of the roofing and trim work above the roof is complete (except for painting).