First stage completed

Tom and Jim showed up early today, finished the sheeting and put on as many rafters as they could. Next step is coming when we are removing the old stick frame low-pitch roof from the house and build new plates for the new trusses. The pitch of the new roof will be almost as steep as the ones on the addition.

Since the weather is "fall like" (duh, it is after all mid-October) no one was eager to gamble and cut up the old roof too much until we know for sure that we have a few (4) good days that will allow for both roof removal (one day) and erection of the new roof (likely 3 full days). We managed for over 45 years w/o any water damage, it would literally suck if it happened now. New roof so close...

But, it starts to look good. We discussed the front windows a lot, and finally settled on two larger ones below (3'x7') and two smaller ones on top (18"x18"). I was eager to increase the top ones to 24"x24" but other thought the proportions would be a bit off. So I settled.
It sure looks better than the initial steep "portal windows". Would have made it look like a church (but with a great view).