It's been awhile...

Things are moving a bit slower around here. The weather is not cooperating on the weekends and then with the holiday activity we are struggling to get much accomplished.

This morning I went out and started working on the final side of the back siding. The area to the left of the 2x4 will be another room that is built on the outside of the house. It will house the wood boiler and water storage tank to heat the radiant floor. There will be some kind of fireproofing between the house and the wood stove.

Here is a view of the rafters for the roof that we have been working on. I have taken a few pictures because it is hard to explain, but, there will basically be two sets of rafters. The ones for the ceilings of the rooms and then the rafters for the roof. We had to do this to create one continuous roof with the correct grade to it for the roofing product. 

From the back you can see one the right side we have the wood nailing strips attached to the grain bin for the rafters and the roof.

Just another view of the rafters for the roof and ceiling. As you can see, Chris started using up what we had left that would work. The I beams will make the roof stronger than we should ever need but we had them already so we just used them.

How we attached it to the grain bin.

Another view of the ones that are finished next to the ones that are not.

From the inside it seems like a ton of wood for what it is.This has been a really time consuming process because Chris is doing most of the work on his own. I help as much as I can but my knowledge is much more limited. At least I keep him from having to climb up and down too much by being able to cut things and get the other tools he needs.