Our House

It’s still raining. I’ve got blossoms on my tomatoes and the sky is providing hail. Ah, spring.

We’re still pecking away at the sun porch.  We have two rafters up and I’m ready to put up the first course of glass and . . . <sigh> Wadly put the mounting mastic away and we can’t find it anywhere.  Next time he heads for town he’ll have to pick up another roll.

The butyl rubber aluminum clad tape came weeks ago.  I’ve taken apart the first window, removing the aluminum frame.  I’ve cut the support board at the bottom and the support board for the top of the window.  I’m as ready as I can get.

We have had fairly consistent rain for weeks now.  We’re still pecking away at the sun porch but just as things dry out enough to make working on the project feasible, the sky opens again and we’re blessed with another bout of liquid sunshine.  I purchased the butyl rubber tape I need for sealing the joints and I have the windows selected for the first vertical course, two panels that are ~34″ wide and ~76″ long.  Terry bought the pressure treated lumber for the stringers and I’ll get the first set of stringers cut to length, beveled and notched as soon as the rain lets up.  I need the rain to stop and all the exposed framing to dry out enough to continue the construction.