THE ROOF

APRIL 12, 2010

I'm sorry about the delay, but our computer caught a very bad virus. We had to scrub the hard drive, and start over. Luckily we have learned to backup everything.

Several things still needed to be accomplished before we were ready to proceed to Operation Roof. We needed to dig holes and make concrete supports for the car port and for the deck. Frank bought an auger to dig the holes. He also bought a cement mixer, which we used to mix the cement to fill the holes. Re-bar and bolts to attach the posts were added.






















Frank also routed out the curved shape on the outside of the logs, so he could attach the carport to the house. He then attached the post to which the carport was attached.

I spent a lot of time "grubbing"--changing this mess............. into this.

Lastly, our roof arrived. It came up our lane on an 80 foot long semi with a crane folded up behind the cab. The driver secured the truck with outriggers, and unfolded the crane. He then carefully set our three crates of metal onto the ground.

Here is the metal for the roof. Do you see the color it will be? (Look at the third crate in the back.) It is cut to the correct length, but Frank will need to cut the angles.

Friday morning Frank and I left with our suitcase. We went to Pittsburgh International Airport to pick up our son Franklyn, an architect from Austin, TX. Since Franklyn wanted to see his grandparents, who are 93 and 94 years old, we drove on to Kidron, OH, to see my mom and my older brother and sister and their spouses. My uncle and a niece also showed up while we were there.

Saturday we returned to Greene County. The men went straight to work and removed the tarps. They are spent, having been of service through multiple rain and snow storms and lots of wind. NO MORE TARPS! Then they began working on the corner roof rafters. We're ready! Let the rest of the crew for Operation Roof come!