Day 58 : Entry porch and built-up dormer

More progress today despite the rain in the afternoon! In yesterdays blog you could see the roof almost finished up, but there was still a gap at the main entrance. This is where the roof overhang got installed today that serves as entrance porch. There will be some stairs from the south leading up to the platform where Doris is standing.

 

On the other side of the house, the built-up dormer has been built. Its sole purpose is to keep the snow from dumping in front of our porch door (well, and make that side of the house look more interesting, we think). With the shingle packs (in "sierra gray") already sitting on the roof, we expect that they will be installed next.

Reference Photo 2014-08-07

The garage roof (a.k.a. porch/deck) seems to be ready for the membrane installation as well, with trim boards all around.

I hope the rain showers will stop so that the interior can dry out completely before the windows get installed (scheduled for around mid of next week). The roof helps quite a bit, but the open door and big window openings on the west side still collect a lot of that summer rain...