Late February:
It snowed yet again the evening of Sunday the 18th.
The snow started warm and wet,
then froze as the temperature dropped.
Monday the 19th was sunny and windy,
so we took to the roof again and were able to scrape enough
ice off to let the sun and wind finish the job of drying the
roof out.
Then the roofers could start putting on the underlayment
(see photo at left)
at the East end.
The extreme West end of the roof was ready,
but there was still framing needed to create a
cricket
at the Chimney.
The cricket is complicated by the fact that the Chimney is
at the base of two
converging roofs.
The roofers were able to finish the East end of the roof on
the 20th.
It snowed that night,
putting a stop to roof work.
The rest of the roofing has to wait for the carpenters to
finish the cricket and soffits to the West.
Work was again curtailed when snow turned to blizzard
conditions on Friday the 23rd,
prompting everyone to leave at lunch time.
The weekend was beautiful
(see photo at top),
but it's difficult to get anyone to work weekends in
Bozeman.
Our Silicon Valley work ethic meant that we spent the
weekend cleaning snow and ice out of the house and off the
roof in hopes that Monday would be nice.
