Here are Kyle and M inspecting the brand new 30' x 50' tarp which has enabled work to continue outside. Kyle kept the trailer covered once there was exposed plywood in place (the floor of the house), and uncovered it on days when work was to be done.
Here that huge and unwieldy tarp is doing the simple job of covering the trailer. As construction continued, that tarp apparently became a pain to haul over the 6' 6" high stud walls, and then an even bigger pain to haul over the ridge beam, rafters and dormer framing.
Here Kyle and my dear friend L stand on kitchen chairs debating whether the ceiling under the loft floor would feel cramped at (I think) 6' 3". They thought it would and, lucky for me when I joined them, I didn't think so!
A sneaked peak under the tarp (at the rough opening for the big stern window), as it is being raised by installation of the stud walls. Actually the tarp was off while work was being done (thanks to heroic efforts of M -- that thing is TALL!), but a time-lapse photo sequence of the project at rest between workdays would show it rising in several leaps and bounds...getting exciting!
Looking forward to the bow wall, windowless. It is possible to detect the rough opening for the bathroom window on the port side (left here), and the rough opening for the starboard window over the wheel well on the other side. If you're really good, you can see the rough opening for the entry door, forward of the starboard window, and evidence of the rough opening for the narrow window forward of that. Whew! Or you could wait until I have better pictures!
This unprepossessing shot is actually the most exciting one of all. It was taken after Kyle covered up the finished framing for the roof rafters and dormers!! Since this was taken he and D installed the plywood sheathing on the roof, so the house probably looks just like this at the moment! After the self-sealing membrane is attached over the roof sheathing, the tarp will probably not be needed. "Curtains" of plastic drop-cloth material should suffice.
So even though I won't get to "unwrap" this gift today, I may well be able to before the Twelve Days of Christmas are past. Goody!
A Merry Christmas 2013 in memory of the handsomest kitty in the whole world, Misha, who enjoyed almost seventeen years on this earth, from 1996 - 2013, much beloved, much missed.
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