The Trusses Have Arrived

We were so excited to see the trusses go up today! The picture below shows the crane lifting the trusses onto the top of the logs. Can you see how the jacks from the truck are picking up the front? At first glance, Debi thought the weight of the truss was lifting the truck up and she freaked out just from looking at the pictures. (She was at school when all of this actually happened.) Gary explained about the jacks on the side of the truck that helped to support it.



The crane lifted the trusses onto the top of the logs. We hired a professional crew to install the trusses and Gary sure is glad we did! They got most of the trusses up in one day.


The picture below is of the south side of house, looking east, showing the trusses already installed. The crew arrived at 8:00 a.m. and left around 5:00 p.m.


This last picture is of the south side of house, looking toward the west. Notice the six-foot cantilever on the trusses. (Gary had to explain to Debi that a cantilever is not technically an "overhang", but just think of it as having six feet of roof overhead all around the exterior of the house.) Cantilevered trusses will shade the house during the summer so we won't have to spend so much on cooling here in the desert. The weather forecast concerns us because the news is saying that the worst cold spell in fifty years is supposed to hit southern California next week. We hope the rain and snow will stall off the coast for about a week. We love snow and rain, but this is a terrible week for that kind of weather to pass through Oak Hills. We still need to install the sheathing and then the shingles. Our goal was to have the roof on by Christmas, but the weather may change our plans!