So close to being dried in......and still all wet.
A quick update on our guest house build. The cornice guys came back and finished up. This included getting all the windows installed and just a little bit of trim. The roofers were supposed to start decking a couple weeks ago but for some reason they only like to show up on bad weather days so they skipped 65 and sunny and came back when it was 50 and raining. Regardless, they got about 3/4 of the roof decked in two days - with just a two-man crew.
Unfortunately, that last 1/4 they didn't finish before going MIA again for almost a week meant we had a 2nd story swimming pool and mud tracked everywhere when they did come back. They claimed they were short on decking materials, and they're probably right, but extra was delivered the next day and they didn't show up for four more days.
When they do show up, they really work! Their stupid compressor (which is 10 times smaller than it needs to be so it runs constantly) is going at 7:00 am every day and they work till the sun goes down. You can see the moon over the house in this shot.
Their unreliability came back to bite them yesterday though. Shingles were scheduled to be delivered and the roofers were supposed to be here to take delivery. The reason they needed to be here is because my builder had a separate truck with a big arm on it sent out to actually place all the shingles on the roof. Nothing is heavier than it actually looks than roof shingles. Since they weren't here, the delivery guys just dropped everything in the driveway. Now the roofers, who are here today, have to carry every single pound up a ladder.
There are four guys here today and they're really moving. The decking is almost complete and they've already started on the shingles. I think doors are next, and then it will finally actually be 'dried in". Progress!
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