Yesterday (Monday) we got a couple of emails from Tyler (architect) in response to the emails I sent out last week. One touched on the window above the south door. Tyler expressed his opinion that we should strongly consider putting our stained glass pane behind a double glass insulated window, as opposed to just a single pane of glass. We agree. The other email ignited a little more conversation.
I had sent out a note summarizing the various species of wood that are going to be exposed in the sunroom and sought input on being able to coordinate the staining of all these. That list included:
Bar and wall paneling - Sapele
Exposed trusses - Select yellow pine
Door and window interior sashes - pine
Hot tub decking and interior steps - Tiger wood
Exposed interior roofing - #1 Ponderosa Pine siding (proposed)
My note was prompted by a discussion on the proposed material to be used on the exposed interior of the roof. Mike had shown Tyler and myself a sample of cypress, which we both liked, but turned out to be very expensive. Mike had also suggested using a spruce product. Tyler expressed a concern about how the spruce would take a stain and suggested a siding material. These discussions got me thinking about all the different wood species we are going to be using. I thought that, before we made the final decision about any of the woods (no orders have yet to be placed), we needed to ensure our decisions. Later, just before Thanksgiving, Mike stopped by and showed us the tongue-n-grove siding that Tyler had suggested. It turned out to be made of #1 Ponderosa Pine. This siding was shown in my post of November 26. In Tyler's email of yesterday, the only reservation he had regarding my list of woods was with the "standard" pine to be used on the Marvin windows and door sashes. His concern was "The standard mixed grain pine can vary in from light to dark in each piece of wood, so they will not all match around the windows". He went on to suggest that "Typically when the windows are going to be stained, people will upgrade to 'straight grain – fir'”. While we have had this discussion before, it has been awhile, and does not do any harm to reconfirm our previous decision. We talked with "Our" Mike and "Salesman" Mike (Marvin dealer). The result was the same as the last time. Both Mikes disagreed with Tyler's concern. "Salesman" Mike again assured us that, due to the care taken by Marvin in their wood selection process, upgrading the wood sashes as suggested by Tyler would not be a good use of our money. This issue is concluded...again!
"Salesman" Mike also told me he was still waiting for "Our" Mike to give him the dimensions for the south door side windows and the picture window above the south door. With this information, plus our decision on the specific picture window we want above the south door (single versus double pane), he can get the Marvin order placed. I encouraged "Salesman" Mike to pester "Our" Mike for the dimensional information he needs. I reminded "Our" Mike this morning that "Salesman" Mike was waiting to hear from him with the dimensions. "Our" Mike said he already had the side window measurements and proceeded to measure the opening above the south door. Hopefully he will remember to give this information to "Salesman" Mike.
I called Gerald (stained glass company) to discuss our revised plans for the stained glass above the south door. He was not available, but I talked with Kim, gave her the proposal number that Gerald had provided to us back in September and told her that we wanted to talk with Gerald about modifying the design so that the Gothic Arch would be in a rectangular glass setting. She seemed to understand and said she would have Gerald give us a call. I then called and left a message with "Salesman" Mike asking, once he gets the opening dimensions of the window above the south door to let us know what the glass size will be so we can pass this along to Gerald when he calls back. I did get a call from Gerald later in the day. We went over the changes we were wanting and the coordination with the window company. Everything seems set to go.
As for the overall question of coordinating the staining of the various woods, "Our" Mike is going to talk with the painter/stainer about doing some testing in which T can participate. I also called and left a message for Bob (cabinetry) to see if we could get a sample of Sapele for testing and to get a confirmation that Bob was recommending finishing the cabinetry on-site. Bob returned our call this afternoon. We went over the staining issues and he agreed that we need to get samples of all the woods to the painter/stainer so they can experiment. Bob confirmed the recommendation that the final finishing be done on-site so the painter/stainer can see it all together and make any required adjustments. Bob also said he would get us a sample of bare Sapele and call us when we could come pick it up. Bob also said we could borrow his stained Sapele cabinet door display sample as a guide.
I also called the cable company yesterday and rescheduled the rerouting of the cable line through the underground conduit for today. They offered no explanation as to why they did not show up last week as scheduled.
In talking with "Our" Mike yesterday, he told us that he is expecting the trusses to be delivered on Tuesday (today) and was working with Rob (electrical) to get the utility scheduled to pull the power lines through the new underground conduit. While this is required before we can install the roof trusses, Mike said they still have a lot of carpentry work to do before they are ready for the trusses to fly.
Nate and "Little" Mike finished application of the Tyvek wrap while awaiting the trusses, which arrived about 10:00 am.
Mike measured to see if the truck could maneuver down the alley. It was going to be tight. I suggested that, as an alternative, we could check with our west neighbors to see if we could use their drive and take a section out of our west fence. Mike did ask and Jeanie said it would be OK. They are great neighbors.
As the trusses were being unloaded, it was noticeable that the delivered garage trusses were not exactly as portrayed on the Permit Drawings.
The 6 foot horizontal "head knocker" is much higher, probably 10 foot. While I like this, the original design was presented to the City claiming that the 6 foot truss brace made this space uninhabitable per code. I mentioned this to "Our" Mike, but he did not seem concerned.
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| Permit Drawing Garage Truss |
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| Delivered Garage Truss |
The sunroom trusses are consistent with the revised Permit Drawings, eliminating the one horizontal member.
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| Sunroom Trusses Delivered |
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| Permit Drawing Sunroom Truss w/revision |
Once the trusses were unloaded, the remainder of the day was spent working on the connecting porch interface with the main house.
The cable company representative did make an appearance, but left without doing anything. According to "Our" Mike, he expected to find a string had already been run through the conduit for him to use to pull his cable through. Mike told him he would do this and the fellow said he would be back on Thursday. I won't hold my breath.
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