Week 16

I am very happy (and relieved) to report that Week 15's misery stayed in Week 15, and Week 16 brought huge progress! Monday They started rebuilding the walls upstairs on Monday: They also put in the heavy duty structural pieces that will allow us to have the wide pass-through in the kitchen: And the uninterrupted 12-foot opening downstairs: They also made progress on the south wall downstairs: Tuesday The south wall upstairs went up: As did the west wall, where the windows will go: And speaking of windows, they arrived on Tuesday: Wednesday Wednesday was a little rainy, so I think that slowed things down a bit, but they still made progress. Here's half the framing for the roof: Thursday When we got home on Thursday, we were greeted by the most wonderful sight: a completed roof! They also framed the low wall that the countertop will go on -- that's it, there on the right, in the foreground. Progress was made on the north wall downstairs: And here is a shot of how the shear ...