Friday the 13th...Again

This is the second Friday the 13th this year. As forecasted, it started raining sometime last night. I don't know how much we got (we have not seen our rain gauge since the project started last summer), but by daylight, it has almost stopped. It continued a very light drizzle all day. Since the roofers worked well past dark yesterday, it was only this morning that I was able to see the extent of their progress. Other than some areas around the windows, they have finished applying shingles to the west and south sides. They have stripped the east side and have laid down felt.

They still have a lot of work to do. The ridge vents and the valleys and trim still need to be put on. They also still have the sunroom and the other half of the garage to do. I truely doubt that, unless they bring a gaggle of people to work tomorrow, they will finish on Saturday.

I went to the attic to see about leaks and there are many on the east side which was stripped yesterday. None massive, with many just seeping and running down the roof trusses toward the eaves. I called Bret (roofer), let him know and told him I would call back if the situation deteriorates. Not sure what can be done other than finishing the shingle installation. Since it only drizzled the remainder of the day, things will dry out. T noticed that we have several new plaster cracks in her third floor sweat shop.

Yesterday evening I got an email from Frank (HAC) with the contact information for a mechanical engineer (Patrick) who Frank thought could help us drive the ventilation issue to a conclusion. Frank stated in his note that he had talked with Patrick and I needed to call him to set up an appointment. From their web site, Patrick is the president of a small engineering company. He has a mechanical engineering degree from the University of Missouri - Rolla, but we will not hold that against him. I called their office this morning to find that their office is closed on Fridays. I left a message. By the end of the day I had not received a response so hopefully we will hear something Monday.

Late in the morning, T noticed a white truck had pulled up. I saw that three or four of the roofers had arrived to continue/finish the cleanup of the shingles heaved off the east side of the house yesterday. Since they had emptied their dumpster on Friday, it appeared that they were going to have less than half of the dumpster filled. Since most of the stripping of the old shingles is completed, I sent a note to "Our" Mike suggesting that we might be able to add the debris pile in the garage to the dumpster. Mike had mentioned a couple of weeks ago, and again earlier this week, that he was going to have to rent a dumpster to haul off the construction debris before we can level the ground in the garage. I suggested we take advantage of the room available in the roofer's dumpster. Much to my surprise, Mike called a couple of hours later to say the he would contact Nate to see if he could come around to transfer the pile from the garage to the dumpster. Nate did show up around 2:00 and worked for the next couple of hours to transfer the debris. When he finished, the pile in the garage was not completely gone, but the dumpster was full.