While it may not look like much has been accomplished over the last few weeks, this past weekend a fairly major milestone was passed. The roof of the cabin is finished and the cabin should be completely weatherproof, just in time for winter.

Last weekend I finished the fascia and all the gable flashing and installed the ridge cap. Mostly this involved constantly climbing up and down one of three ladders and moving ladders around.

Over the last couple of weeks I finished sheathing both gable ends and installed the two gable windows. The windows are 24”x48”. I probably could have used larger windows but I already had these.

I started working on the fascia and remaining flashing for the steel roof. I’m using some fiber-cement siding panels for the fascia, painted to match the roofing. It was the right width and should be low maintenance.

This weekend I finished installing the steel roof sheeting and installed sheathing on one of the gable ends.

Nothing really new this week, just more progress on the roof. This weekend I finished installing the steel roofing panels on one side of the roof. When installing sheathing two weeks ago, we left a two foot gap unsheathed at the peak of the roof to provide easier access when installing the steel roofing. I installed the next to last piece of sheathing and purloins on the unfinished half of the roof. I also framed the other gable end.

Took Saturday off to watch football. On Sunday, I got 2 of the 12 steel roofing panels installed before the wind picked up too much to handle the panels. Spent the rest of the afternoon framing one of the gable ends. Each gable end will have a 24”x48” window.