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Brian and crew have been working on sheathing the first floor and building the second floor for a couple of weeks, then the forecasts for rain started popping up. Nothing too bad at first, a day here with drizzle, that sort of thing. And things on the second floor were moving quickly.
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| The two story bump-out at the back of the house taking shape |
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| The living room deck in process with bump-out to the west |
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LVL beam from the east wall running over the wall at the top of
the stairs where the powder room and elevator will be |
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| Powder room and elevator wall to the left, primary bedroom wall to the right |
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Roof trusses from the front of the house to the new LVL beam and
on to the back of the house over the kitchen and living room |
So close...The National Weather Service and NOAA started predicting an "atmospheric river." In other words, a whole heck of a lot of rain. Brian was able to get a few more trusses up over the living room and kitchen before the end of day on Thursday. He also two-coat painted the facia boards that will go around the shed roof so they wouldn't have to paint them after install (fourteen feet above the decks at the back of the house.)
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| Two layers of facia board painted and ready for install |
Scott went over to the house on Friday and did our regular clean up before the rains arrived on Saturday. Good thing too, because the weather maps got worse for the weekend...a Scandinavian super storm. The National Weather Service called it a Norwegian Cyclone model - those wacky Norwegians!
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| Credit: National Weather Service: "Haven't seen one of these off our coast for a while... a 960 mb low evolving as the "Norwegian Cyclone Model" says it should! The low has matured and will serve as a "parent" low, sending the next developing low (upper left) toward the PNW Tue PM/Wed AM. |
So here we are on a very rainy Monday after a very rainy weekend. Everything on the second floor of the house is soaked and a good portion of the first floor too. There is a lot of wet wood.
Brian and crew were on site for at least part of the day Monday. In between heavy downpours they installed additional trusses over the elevator and the bump out (they have to be close to 30 feet long) and they started on the soffit supports as well. Bravo to them for sticking it out as long as they could! I'm sure they are looking forward to getting the roof over their heads. Good news, the rain should be ending Thursday - welcome to Astoria.
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| Trusses over the stairs to the bump-out |
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| Soffit supports on the east side of the house |
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| Soffit support married to the truss facing south |
