Addition | Roof Trusses Part 1

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Without a doubt, the best day of renovation so far was getting our lumber delivery for the big ol’ roof trusses. The roof went up pretty quickly as shown in this little video.

September was a big month for us! We left off with walls and stairs going up. The house was buzzing for the next couple months. I’d wake up every morning at 7 and sit on the front porch with a cup of coffee, chocolate zucchini bread and a crossword puzzle. This was my morning ritual.

Lumber Delivery

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The big day

Roof trusses framing addition lumber

These really are mammoth

Roof trusses framing addition lumber


For scale

Roof trusses framing addition lumber lift

It took a big lift to hoist them up to the top

Roof trusses framing addition lumber lift

Boards to not mess up the lawn

Roof trusses framing addition lumber

Big triangle

Roof trusses framing addition lumber


Here’s a photo gallery of some of the best angles:

Adding Roof Trusses

Roof trusses framing addition lumber

Roof trusses framing addition lumber

The lift driver would hand each roof truss up one at a time to the framers, who had no fear standing up there handling them.

Roof trusses framing addition lumber

They rested them on top before they were ready to get started.

Roof trusses framing addition lumber

No harnesses

At the end of the day, on goes the world’s largest tarp.

Roof trusses framing addition lumber

To be continued…

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