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October Stucco

A base coat of stucco was applied directly to the Faswall block.  Primary ingredients are cement and sand. It is applied by hand and rodded or scraped to make the wall flat and to cover my mistakes.

A thin white cement and sand finishes the process of stucco. We have cement board under the overhangs with stucco applied to minimize fire danger.  The facia of the outside rafters are covered in a painted cement board for the same reason.

We scrapped off pitch beads and sanded the beams and rafters. Next we have applied a solution of zinc bromide to the exposed wood to retard fire.  After drying, we applied a linseed oil, tung oil and UV inhibetor. Gutters are on order.

October Roofing

There is a soft layer that goes over the roof decking, next is the XPS expanded foam insulation board, next is a fiberglass board shown, next 1/2" sheet rock then the PVC fabric that is like the stuff used to make river rafts. You can see the short pipes that will be part of the snow retaining system.

A crane brings the materials to the roof.  In this photo the XPS is being delivered.

Grandpa, Grandson and Terry Slate of Slate and Slate roofers working together for many days. The view is north.
 
 
 

Summer Work

Gary Rettler and his son-in-law  helped deck the roof.  Inside we have select decking as it will be seen and outside we have cement board attached to plywood decking as we will cover the under surface with stucco for fire safety.  The rafter tails will get a coating of zinc bromide to squelch fire before getting a UV coating.

Know what this is?   Under it is a 1750 gallon cistern.  The large green pipe with lid is the man hole, the black pipe shelters the pipe for the submersible pump and the white pipe comes from the rain gutters.  The water catchment will be used for flushing and watering the roof.  We will plant the green roof come spring, more on that come spring.

More of June

These are the "look out" beams extending nearly 2 meters.

The balcony over the front door.

A full house of rafters   

June and Up Goes the Roof!

The dressed rafters are 4"x12" and 34' long, about 10 meters. We had a crane for the occasion. 

The posts were covered to prevent sun warping. The purlin shown is up 16', the peak will come in at 20' 6" where the ridge beam will seat.

Though it may not look large in a photo the collar or saddle beams shown are 8"x24" and came from Cottage Grove Oregon, all other beams came from Forest Grove Oregon. We like local. The black brackets are by Simpson and meet the building   

May Building

First floor framing starts.

Many studs and other lumber from our trees.

The west wall now 14' tall.