Return after New Year was just in time to see the
Groth-Gates crew install the last screw of the metal roof.
Nice Job!
Ryan, from Western States Electrical, reviews
how to attach the future PV panels to it.
Meanwhile the crew finished up the vertical siding.
With metal roof in place, siding can go on the solar rack,
so a brown tarp is up to protect the work zone.
A view of the top of the vertical siding:
the fins are notched so the metal parapet
cap flashing can slip down behind them.
Under the tarp, Wayne installs the 4" horizontal siding on the solar rack.
The opening awaits a very custom hatch, the only access to the roofs.
Siding is a bit tricky in the close quarters between the fly-rafters
above and the low roof below, with the glu-lam beams
zooming out in between the two.
Abe and Wayne measure the last piece of clearstory siding.
Note the grooves in the siding on top. That is to give a different look
to the siding on the beams from the siding on the clearstory.
And note the cute windows cut into the clearstory.
They will daylight the south hall below.
The wide cap flashing is on top of the vent for the roof they are sitting on.
Out on their ends, the glu-lams, which carry the fly-rafters,
get a careful detail to allow air to vent the "rain-wall" cavity on each side.
Then a finish piece trims it all out so nicely.
Another view of the glu-lam siding continuing over the top of the clearstory siding.
The glu-lam cap flashing ends abrupty at the clearstory. The flashing gets painted,
so continuing the paint on the siding across to the flashing
on the other end may deal with that discontinuance.
AND FINALLY
Three days predicted for sunny weather brought the four BIG WINDOWS out.
The pane is resting on temporary forks on the front of the man-lift, which
Dustin and Dan raise and swing....
into position, while Clinton and Tom wait.
Once close enough, all four attach suction cups and
push/pull it into position in the frame.
A tug here, a tweek there, and she's set.
Dustin rolls the vinyl glazing strip on the outside, and...
the Tom applies backer-rod and caulking on the inside.
That's all there is to it folks!
After the four BIG ones, the skylight was a snap.
First the frame was brought up, and then...
...three glazing panels were installed and capped.
MEANWHILE, MOCK-UPS CONTINUE:
Charlie is mulling over how to get the rain water from the roof
scupper down to the ground. Black paper outlines what
a six-foot wide "waterfall" might look like.
Here Charlie, with a piece of mirrored acrylic,
considers how to do the mirrored wall
planned for the end of the halls.
The crew set a length of "Plug-mold" in a mock-up of the interior siding
to see if that may be a way to install electrical outlets.
A single fluorescent tube , set in a simple cove, suggests
how well it would illuminate the upper floor below the sky-light.
And Steve the Pipe Magician started running plumbing lines.
Things are happening on many fronts!
A walk up the hill gave this prospect down on to the roofs.
And, with much of the work-platform no longer needed,
its removal revealed what the final form of the house will look like.
Tho the clouds and rain have been with us this winter,
it has not meant there have been no sunrises or sunsets to enjoy!
