28 August 2014

As I stepped out of Delores at 7 en route to work, saw a large gray animal cross our driveway headed south.  Wasn’t a dog; much too big to be a fox; pretty sure it was a coyote.  Perry spent the day cutting and fitting the other 18 jack rafters.  With some humps and bumps and the disconcerting failure to behave of two hip rafters, the roof structure is within acceptable plane.  I put on the rest of the hurricane ties and the collar ties (that also will serve as ceiling joists, or vice versa if you prefer).  I also installed blocking (horizontal 2x4’s between the wall studs, with the 3½″ face vertical and flush to interior side of the wall) every two feet vertically in the west and south walls of the dressing area to serve as nailing surfaces for the hemlock boards that will cover those walls.  We test fit one of the Anderson 400 series casement windows to determine the exact height of the soffits (3½″ above the window top flange) … which height controls the width of the roof overhang… which width establishes where the rafter tails have to be plumb cut to accept the sub-fascias…  which plumb cut length determines the size lumber we use for the sub-fascias and fascias.