Cottage: day 21

The crew arrived about 6:30am yesterday morning. They began work on the roof installing sheet metal. They were waiting for the construction manager to get here from Kentucky, so he can instruct him on the hip roof for the porch. He called around noon, stating he was just leaving their storage yard, after picking up ridge vents for the barn.  The ridge vents were supposed to be there but didn't get delivered to the yard until 11:30. The yard is in central Kentucky.
The foreman of the crew could not wait for Doug to arrive, so he decided he could figure the roof out himself, which he did. The porch is all framed and they started installing the sheet metal on the front of the cottage.

We found out yesterday, that the house was not supposed to be wrapped in the insulation, but somebody loaded it on the truck and  delivered it. Since it was here it was decided that it was to be put on at no charge us. Judging from the thickness of this wrap, we assumed it was R1 or R2, but it turned out to be and R7. With the house wrap, in combination with a R 19 insulation that we are putting in the walls, Mike told me, that he was probably going to go with R 40 in the ceiling. With that much insulation. We hope the utility bills will be reasonable in summer and winter.

some of the crew

ridge vents in garage

wainscoting sheet metal

The guys on the crew had their bags packed and on the back of the truck. They didn't say so, but it appeared that they were hoping to finish yesterday and move on to their next job. One of the guys told me that a job this size usually only takes two days. They get paid by the job. So they are losing money on this one, still, they're doing a first-rate job.

They left last night about 6:30 or quarter to seven, so they put in a long day in temperatures in the 90s and high humidity. I expect that they will finish today and be gone as early as they can manage to get out of here.

Tata for now.