3 September 2014

Busted!  Sean came out first thing this morning to look at the roof leaks, then came back with Ty right after lunch.  The two of them inspected every roof seam and found no signs of leaks.  Sean says I must be going into the house with the hose and spraying water around, and the reason it’s never in the same place twice is because I’m old and can’t remember where I put the puddles the last time.  Got me!  Actually, they put another 2½ rolls of Zip Tape over all the horizontal seams and rolled the excrement out of all the seams.  Rain forecast for Friday night.  If the roof doesn’t leak, Sean wants me to call him on Saturday.  If I don’t call then, he’s leaving the country… with no forwarding address.  Meanwhile, down at the sauna building, Perry finished putting on the roof sheathing, scavenging all the pieces from the house roof “waste”.  One bad thing about hipped roofs: there is a LOT of waste because of all the angle cuts.  They sure do look good, though!  I finished putting in the wall blocking.  Goodro’s boom truck came to take away the considerable concrete block and cement that was leftover from the chimney construction.  I also used the Goose Creek laser level to verify that the opening we’d left in the sauna roof structure was NOT in the right place… had to move a ceiling joist and a rafter header south an inch and a half to provide the required 2″ clearance around the stove flue pipe.  I thoroughly washed the roof to remove all traces of sawdust, spruce needles, and other construction detritus.