Cooped Up, Part 2

After we finished the walls, it was time to start the roof.

From my point of view, roofs don't make a lot of sense. Usually, the rafters are nailed into the back wall and the front ends are notched (birdmouthed) so they stick up and you have to put in soffits if you don't want an opening. We fudged this and screwed in both ends. We know this roof won't have to bear a lot of weight so are (mostly) confident it will hold.

There's no getting around the fact that to put on a roof, someone has to climb onto the roof. In our case, that would be me. We hoisted up 2 panels of osb, secured the corners from the ground and then up I went. I love the view from up there.

We added furring strips (found in the garage), and then metal roofing (also found).
To cover the walls we did some serious salvage.
Remember the shed at the beginning of the project?

The original floor was reinforced with T1-11 panels--2 full 4'x8' and several partial pieces. It took hours and some sore muscles, but eventually we pryed them up. Even with that we still needed a few more pieces; Tom suggested the dog house that came with the place. We have no plans to get a dog, so

One deconstructed dog house later, we gained just enough T1-11 to finish the siding.

Next time: chicken door, painting, fencing.