1) Building a new roof over the old one, then dismantling the old one.
2) Demolishing the old walk-in closet, then rebuilding a larger walk-in closet
3) Building a closed in deck onto the front of the house under the new roof
Looking at the house before the project, the goal is to:
Raise this roof to the same level as the garage to the left, and:
to raise this roof to the same level as the back of the house roof, and to enclose some of that chimney.
Work begins with an expert in this field, Paul. People are finally understanding why I wanted a little brother,
Even Shawn came down to pitch in, now I owe him hours on his house.
I also got involve, I can hit a nail 3 out 5 times.
Paul's checking over the back roof and thinking "How the heck did I get involved with this?"
Shawn is shown putting the finishing touches on the new front roof.
This is after putting on the fire and ice, okay, ice and water.
A view of looking up between the new and old roof
New level roof on the back.
Phase 2, the closet. Because the roof was raised, the walk-in closet can be enlarged.
This is what it looks like once the sheet-rock is removed.
and the front wall and old ceiling was removed.
The new insulating installed, that hole in the wall is for bringing the sheet-rock up to the room.
Clarance arrived to help with the installation of the walls. Notice my ramp, not a bad idea huh?
Mudding a room is some much fun.
Painting comes in second place for fun.
The floor is in, ready to fill with clothes and quilting material.
Almost doubled in size, this is the new closet.
Finally - Phase 3, the front deck.
With the new roof extending out about 12 feet, why not close it in?
Not very level, but that can be fixed.
Along with a new deck, we started replacing the windows too.
Notice the way the door opens, that was changed later, it just didn't feel right opening that way.
Installing the pine board walls.
Joe flew all the way from Florida to give a hand to finish up the top of the deck ceiling.
Long process, but after three years this project is finally complete
Liam provided constructive construction ideas.
The whole project came out very nice, thanks to Paul, Shawn, Joe and Liam.
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