Warm and Rainy Season, 2200 pound glue lams, and more trips to the mainland
The warm season (also coinciding with late spring/early summer) is also the rainy season. And we have had some serious downpours. Because the roof was not completed enough to be waterproof, Judy and I did a great deal of vacuuming water up from the downstairs area. The water accumulated enough that the crew nicknamed the lockable tool storage room downstairs "the aquarium." Well, as of this week, no more! The gluelams (2200 pounds each) got put in place using a crane, the tongue and groove wood ceailing was finished, and the tar paper has been installed. And, of course, as soon as the roof was made waterproof, the rain stopped. The metal roof (raised seam) will be installed this coming Tuesday. Once the glue lams were in place, then the tongue and groove ceiling was installed. It looks vey nice. And, to celebrate the summer solstice, we had a picnic on our lanai. Our very first. Mike took scraps of glue lams and made a makeshift table. Judy wants him to cobble togeth