A Trussworthy Day

"Our" Mike, "Little" Mike and Nate arrived at dawn this morning. They started the day installing the attic flooring in the garage until they ran out of decking plywood. They then turned their attention to the sunroom trusses. By the time they left, about 4:00 pm, all the trusses were in place. It looks good. Mike asked me if we had decided upon the grade of 1x6 pine boards we wanted to use on the roof. I told him we would go with the "select" grade (the better of the two grades he showed us). I asked Mike if he had ordered the windows and doors for the garage yet. He has not, but he reminded me again that it is only about a three week delivery and he does not expect we will need them that soon. I fear he is correct, but I keep hoping for the best.

The weather today was very spring-like. High was around 60F with lots of warm sunshine and calm winds. We actually opened the main house and turned on the attic fan. I actually heard some complaints about it being too warm to work. Ha Ha. Tomorrow, and the remainder of the week, look equally good, cooling off a little toward the end of the week, but still in the 40's. We'll see how much we get done in this excellent weather. Maybe we will get close to being "under roof".

After the crew left, T got her first look at the sunroom trusses and how they will "interact" with the glass roof over the hot tub bay. I had forewarned Mike that she still might change her mind and decide to go with vaulted trusses throughout the sunroom. I made sure Mike was not on a ladder when I mentioned this to him. His initial reaction was as I expected, his knees buckled slightly and he staggered in shocked disbelief, mumbling "you're killing me". I assured him I did not believe she would want to make the change, but, it was still a possibility. He will be relieved tomorrow to learn she is happy with the trusses they installed today.