| The rear roof will meet with the new front roof. Four layers of redwood shingles, asphalt shingles and dirt will be removed. |  | |
| April 1, 2017 The roofing crew demos the existing roof. We are away for the day, trying to say away from the dust and dirt. |
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| Front porch area |
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| Old meeting the new front of the house on left, new part on right. |
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| Before the storm, all "buttoned up" |
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| Once the rain begins, it is uncontrollable. Pouring in from every surface. |
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| We use ladders, boards, cross beams to keep the tarps from buckling. |
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| Bubbles like this cause me to text the contractor late Friday afternoon. |
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| The laundry basket worked as a buffer to keep the lumber from piercing the tarp. Every long broom, flat ended piece of lumber and rounded smooth item we could find went into the "save the wood" effort. |
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| Raiders helmet from the truck was also sacrificed. |
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| Despite our efforts, water still pooled where ever it could (see right of photo) |
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| Keeping the rain running off, rather than pooling in the middle became a late-night circus. |
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| The next morning, water damage was minimal, mop up and fans to dry it out worked to keep the insulation under the floor dry. |
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| They built the walls on the floor and lifted them into place. This is the dining room window. |
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| Dining room bay window finished with cross supports to keep it in place until the hardware is in. |
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| 10-foot ceiling joists are added along with exterior walls. | We can now see the dropped passage between dining and kitchen areas. |
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| Side door frame with plastic cover for the rain. |
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| This is looking toward the master bedroom as the roof framing above goes up. |
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| Looking from master bedroom, we see how high the roof will be and the framing seems to reach to the clouds. |
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| View from side door, through dining to laundry room and master bath. The two small windows are master bath windows. |
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| Sunset out the kitchen bay windows. The framing of back door reveals the extraordinary height and size of the reclaimed back door. I am hoping it will look proportional from the front door. |
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| View from the top of the attic ladder. Framing for back porch and attic space is illuminated during sunset. |
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| Original dormer will be covered by the flat top of the new roof which will match the original roof line. The will crisscross in this interesting pattern but be invisible to the exterior but we will see this when walking from the new to the old attic spaces. |
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| The master has an oversized west-facing window. I call this an "architectural surprise". We didn't realize the size of this window until it was framed and now we love the airy feel this private window seat gives the small room. |
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| Drying the sub-floor and wood frame after a week of rain. Early February 2017. |
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| March provides enough clear days to get the framing and plywood up. |
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| No back porch yet, waiting for the steel posts. Mid March. |
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| The first steel post goes up. These beauties will hold up the extended roof and are secured into the foundation blocks. Their size and weight will provide the strength necessary to carry the load. They will be covered with turned Victorian-Style posts to match the front porch. |
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| Steel posts, 12 by 6 beams and framing is in place. Late March |
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| A triangular hole in the plywood is cut for the decorative piece salvaged from the original house. |
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| View of the matching north facing dormers from the street. End of March 2017. Roof plywood is in place. |
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| Kitchen in now in the shadow of the roof plywood barrier. April 1, 2017 |
