Tear the roof off the Motha!

The first of our major projects is complete! The roofers came and blazed the main house in one day. We did a complete tare off. The existing roof had three layers of built up roofing, two layers of asphalt shingles on top of the original cedar shingles. Once they ripped off the existing shingles to the skip sheathing; wooden board that run across the rafters, we sheathed the entire house with ½” ply wood. The roofers then laid down 15lb tar paper for waterproofing and a thirty year asphalt shingle. It was incredible to see them work. They also tore off and replaced all the gutters and down spouts as well as re-flashed the chimney and dormer. Finally, they installed three more solar tubes, one in the stair way and two in the master bedroom. Oh, by the way, thanks for all that commented on our design dilemma. We decided to keep the overhang as is and it looks way better re-roofed and with a clean new gutter. Its fun to see the house move forward, we have made great progress in the last few weeks. Yesterday, we met with a structural engineer to review our structural questions. Specifically, we want to put in an eight foot header to open and enlarge kitchen. He told us that it not a problem structurally and that he would provide us with calculations and a few details to give to the city. Today, the muffin man came and helped us take down the old oil chimney! Lots of work and lots of fun. See more pictures below.