Tom started putting Tyvek on the front with Mike's assistance. When he started (alone) in the back, I offered to help but he declined. It was sort of amazing to see how he managed to handle that giant roll, all by himself. But Steve eventually showed as well and now Tom eagerly accepted the help. Later I heard that Tom did take a spill into one of the bushes out back. I guess that changed his mind.
Mike added brackets on the inside that the inspector called out for, and then started gathering the tools and other miscellaneous material left all over. With my help, it did not take that long to load everything up on the trucks and get some time to relax. These guys might looks like they are from "the hood" (they aren't, staged photo) and they have proven to be a great group of skilled craftsmen, that really done an excellent job. Tom has been the one who has been here from day one (over two months ago), and he is an increadibly hard worker. Never leaving before he has made sure that he is happy, which most of the time is a more stringent requirement than what I or inspector is asking for.
With the guys now gone it sort of turned empty here and I started washing the drive way and getting all nails, saw dust, and other debris taken care of. Has not been looking this nice - nor been this clean in months!. Just the side benefit of now being able to drive on it w/o risking a puncture is worth "millions". Maybe in a while we can even get the cars into the garage as well...
Just as I finished the drive way, the sun came out in force and it was the perfect time to "tack off" the final loose ends on the roof. I had a number of runs that needed to be tacked down, as well as some longer pieces that needed to simply be cut off. This time, it was all done with harness and rope - properly secured!
We also folded up the gigantic tarps that we've used as weather protection (but really only needed one day). Tarps that are 26'x40' are not small, and just a little wind moves them with a lot of force. Despite late evenings, it looks like we've been able to keep these tarps w/o any ruptures or punctures. Time to put them up on Cragslist so they can be used on their next project.
Once all done, a LONG shower and later a great sushi dinner with dad at Salmon Creek sort of ended this hectic phase. I still have a hard time realizing that we actually have gotten this far (this late in the fall) w/o any major weather issues. It being November, we could have seen both wind storms and torrential rains, but we've been really, really lucky.
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