Raisin' Da Roof!

The roof has been in the works for a few weeks now.  Our plan calls for a traditional wood beam structure clad in red tile. The tiles are in fact required by the historical society. The structure could have been done in other materials, but we wanted wood so that we could leave the cross beams exposed.

Our engineer developed a plan using metal brackets to hold the beams together, but the roofer suggested to do the entire structure in a more traditional tongue in grove technique. The change had a few ramifications, but we were able to work out the details, and I'm really glad we did because the structure looks great!

We had a few rainy days over the past few weeks, and it slowed down the delivery a bit.  Next month the rain will become more frequent and continue that way through to late February, so it's good news that they are putting the roof in now.  At least they would be putting it in now, but we have to leave part of it open because we have a massive pizza oven on order and only way to get it into the building will be to lower it through the roof. It should be here on Friday, and I'll be sure to get some pictures of the delivery. Until then, here are a few more pictures of the roof structure in place, and a video of the beams coming in.