Day 35, 36, & 37: Rain and Roof

Wednesday it was raining so the builders didn't come to the house.

Thursday I was traveling, so I don't know what they did but Cheryl says that they were upstairs working.

Friday the framers switched the rake board trim from the straight 3" Azek that they installed to a similarly-sized but nicer-looking finishing piece.

Mike asked me if it was OK for the roofers to come on Saturday. I said sure. The roof shingles arrived in the afternoon and I went to Home Depot to pick up some plastic to cover everything in the attic.

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Day 34: Starting to wrap the house

The framers came yesterday, despite it being Memorial Day, and finished framing the gable end of the addition closest to the main house. They added the trim boards to the gables and started to wrap the structure in tyvek.

The front windows for the mudroom finally got cut out -- they were framed but the plywood was solid so it was difficult to get a sense of the look. We changed this from being a door with solid and unopenable sidelights, to being a door with two windows so it lets in the same amount of light almost, but can be used to ventilate the room without opening the door to let the air (and bugs) in. The view of the room looking out is below:

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