Bright Day

A sunny and calm day. High about 50F. No work was attempted today in the backyard, but "Our" Mike showed up to meet with the lumber yard guy about the next shipment of timber. Later, Mike told me he expected the material will show up no later than Friday and they will put the roof sheeting on the garage on Saturday. While earlier, Mike had seemed fairly confident about being able to get the lumber readily, today's language did not seem like such a sure thing. Mike said he expected we would be needing to get the roofer involved before long and he confirmed they would do the main house when they come out to do the sunroom and garage.

Mike also said he still believes he will be getting the final dimensions to Jim (glass roof) this week which will initiate the glass roof fabrication. Apparently, the concrete guy stopped by (or called) to see how things were going as well. Yesterday, I got an email from John (solar) saying he has been following the posts (I'll be more careful about what I say going forward), he checked in with Mike and would try to stop later this week. Mike said we would be getting a quote from the supply company providing the Lincoln windows and doors for the garage, along with the foam insulation for the sunroom roof, wanting a down payment.

I brought up the cupola topic again. Mike said he left the catalog at the office and would bring it next time to finalize the selection. He said that in the garage, the exhaust fan would be mounted on the eight foot high truss cross member. I told him we could discuss it further, but reminded him that the original plan, for both the sunroom and the garage, was for the fans to be enclosed in the cupola housing itself. This brought up the issue of louvers to close off the copula vent when not in use. More to come on this and I am not sure we are all on the same page yet. We have discussed it before, but that was a LONG time ago.

I asked Mike if he intended to extend the garage attic flooring out to the eves. He said he was not but he would install a toe-board to keep things from falling off.

I also asked Mike if he would go ahead and procure and install a folding (not sliding) staircase in the garage. I suggested a heavy duty design (350# capacity) of aluminum construction. He said he would handle it. He has already provided spacing in the trusses between the middle and west garage door to handle a standard width (22.5") staircase.

Mike also said he called the City about extending the permit. They told him to talk with the City Inspector responsible for our neighborhood, which he did. She said that extending the duration was not a problem, however, she emphasized we should not let the current one expire before getting it extended. I assume Mike will handle this, but I need to confirm. The current permit expires three weeks from today (February 11), the six month anniversary of its issuance. Both Mike and I were surprised that there apparently no additional fees associated with the extension.