We're working hard to get ready for the roofers who arrive on Monday. Our current focus is to double up the facia boards and then staple diamond lath to them. First we put a little blue skin (rubber membrane) over the edge of the roof and down onto the facia. It will prevent any wayward moisture from delaminating the plywood should it somehow get behind the facia. We start stapling the mesh to the facia by lining it up with the top edge and then wrap it around the bottom and up the back side. There is a little more than 400 feet of facia in total but thankfully the air-powered staplers can pound a lot of staples in a short time. It will take our crew three days in total (nine person days) to go around the edge of the roof.

We are going through a ton of diamond lath on the outside of the house, more than 300 sheets so far. It's hard to estimate but I suspect we'll go through 7-800 sheets in total.

While we are up working on the roof today we took the time to admire the spectacular view on our morning coffee break.

The soffit boards are now all painted in preparation for the next tep. Once the soffits are up our crew can begin applying the fiberglass-reinforced-concrete to the walls. The house will quickly begin to look as we dreamed from the start.

-grampa dan