Construction Photos VII

Working 40 feet in the air on a 10/12 pitch is not for the faint hearted.







This was when we could see the house was going to be spectacular! We already knew it was going to be but this proved it to use and others.






It was great to get to the point when all the T&G was up and we could start drying out the house.


Of course then the snow started and never stop. The 06/07 winter in Sitka set records for snow accumulations and dept. 1st we had one the wetest summers on record followed by a very snowy winter. It had to be our luck while we were building a house.




When working at this height we never ventured onto the roof without 1st being on rope. I think it was shortly before this photo was taken when Zach slipped on ice and fell off the roof. I heard a scrapping, then an O-sh*t as Zach went off the roof. Of course my heart skipped a beat, but Zach took it in stride and calmly stepped into one of the prow windows without a scratch. I was sure glad he was using a rope!!






Paul one of the carpenters we hired for a while and I work on the facia. Note Paul is on rope using a GriGri, a climbing belay device that works great. It's not OSHA approved but I'll trust my life to it any day! The copper tub that runs through the rafters holds a heat tape that can be turned on to melt the snow over the front door.



Every time we would try to do some roofing the snow would pile up. I think these roof jacks were covered with snow for about 4 months.


Most of our lumber was under one of the tents or inside the garage. We were darn glad because the snow just kept piling up!