OUR NEW HOUSE

One day of construction at a time

Leader heads and downspouts

Leader heads and downspouts

The roofers installed the leader heads and remaining down spouts this week.  Boy do they look sharp.   The attention to detail on some of these downspouts is amazing.  The one just above goes across a rounded slot in the window casing.  The one below goes across a rounded slot in the stone work.  

The roof is complete

The roof is complete

It happened in some fits and starts, due to obstructions like the scaffolding, but the roof is completely on now, sans gutters.  It looks pretty nice. With the great views up there, I sure wish we could have a roof deck.

Roof loading

Roof loading

I learned something interesting regarding the roof and the settling of a house.  In some cases, the roofing material can be so heavy, it can cause the house to settle.  This is common with the Spanish style roofs we have in Santa Barbara, as the material is pretty heavy. The problem is, if the roofRead more about Roof loading[…]