Last night we had a very heavy rain fall. Surprisingly enough, the tarps only leaked a little so our ceiling didn’t collapse underneath. It looked like it was going to rain all day today also – so progress was slow.

However, all the concrete pads did get poured and are drying as right now. I would put the live camera close to the pads, but watching concrete dry is pretty uneventful.

It was a pretty good day today. All the old plywood was removed from the roof, and fixing up anything rotten is well under way. Unfortunately one of the workers slipped and put his foot through the bedroom ceiling.
Luckily no one was hurt. Hopefully the weather holds, and work will start again tomorrow morning.

Day 1 and we’re already going over budget. Yesterday they ripped the roof, and started forming the concrete pads in each corner (to support 7″ X 7″ structural steel columns). There was a little bit of rot on the top of some joists, so they are ripping off all of the plywood deck today, sistering up the damaged joists, and re-sheating it. I’ve moved the live camera so you can see the top of the roof today – have a look.

Today is the day when it all starts! The roof is coming off, and the forming for the concrete pads begins.
I’ll post some more pics later, but here is a still shot from the live camera.

Today my friend Mark and I set up the staircase scaffolding and tested out the wireless camera that will be streaming the addition online. Check it out here.

This morning was a last meeting at ATA Architects to review some last minute structural revisions.

Everything is moving along quickly now. The schedule is calling for the roof to be removed early next week. Once the old tar and gravel is off, we will be removing a few courses of brick, and pouring concrete pads in each corner.

Fernando and the crew inspecting the condition of the masonry wall. There will eventually be a red steel column sitting on each corner.