Since Kerry had such a good time helping on the roof I decided to reward her with a personal deck. Now she can sit right outside the bedroom window when the weather is nice and enjoy a book in private. She hasn't seen it yet so I hope she is surprised!
Here is a shot from a little farther down the roof.
I guess I should stay away from craigslist. I just have a hard time passing up good deals. I got this 1988 20ft cuddy cabin boat for 700 dollars. Just the trailer is probably worth that. I was going to buy it just for the engine parts that I need for my other project boat but this one is in such good shape I am going to keep it and put a new engine in this one.
You can tell how big it is when it is in the same shot as the Durango. I know, the last thing I need is another project... or another boat. I just couldn't resist.
I finally made it home 2 and a half days late and Kerry and I were able to start our roof project. The roof that was on the small apartment addition to the back of the house was only a 1 and a half pitch and it was leaking. We needed to tear off the roof and build a new one.
We are going to be able to reuse the ceiling joists. This is a picture of one side after we pulled off all the roofing material and the rafters.
I used a metal cutting blade to cut the aluminum siding along the line of the new roof. You can see where the old roof line ran about a foot off the ceiling. The line is from the old flashing. The opening used to be the back door to the second floor apartment. I tried to get the pitch of the roof as high as I could without going into the window which is going to be in Kerry's bathroom.
This is how we left it for the night. I sure hope it doesn't rain. It is always fun to have a house open to the weather. 
Once again I was inspired by the Winchester House and decided to make a door to nowhere. I like it but I imagine eventually Kerry will make me put stairs up to it. This will be a door into the garage in the future. The stairs will go along side the wall.
This is the door from the inside. It isn't in permanent yet. I have to figure out what kind of exterior will be on the outside wall. Right now it has a layer of aluminum siding, a layer of wooden lap siding, and a layer of cellulose insulation board. It really isn't very fun to find more stuff to fix. I will probably have to tear off all the exterior wall and put up just a layer of OSB.
Once Kerry got home she helped me build a new set of shelves. The lumber was 60 bucks for this but it is 2 x 8 foot and has 4 shelves. With the 3/4 plywood shelves I think it will hold just about anything we load it down with.
I started the new wall today! It is always nice to see some of the framing start to go up. It makes me feel like I am finally accomplishing something. I am going to remove both these windows. The one on the left will just be a wall and the one on the right will be an exterior door. This wall will be facing the garage so it won't need windows anyway.
I put the second layer of subfloor down. It was 5/8 particle board. The floor height matches now in the little apartment. I now will have to match it with the existing kitchen. I think I can do it with 1/4 inch plywood. The platform over the door is going to be covered with plywood and will be the floor to a storage area. I am also removing this window. It will just become a wall.
Today I put in all the floor joists and glued and nailed down the stairs. The stairs now go somewhere.
I put down the first layer of the subfloor. I still need to put another layer of 5/8 particle board over the subfloor to bring it level with the old floor.
Here is a picture of the floor joists from the kitchen.
Tada! Another picture of the subfloor! I still have to build up a small wall and platform over the door.
I built a staircase just like they have in the Winchester House in San Jose, CA. It is a staircase that ends in the floor. Ok... I am going to cut out the floor though. The 2x10's are just set on the stringers for now. I have to get the last stringer in before I can nail them down.
Speaking of the last stringer... here it is. It is pretty easy to figure out how to cut out stairs nowadays. I just plugged the dimensions into a calculator online and it told me how many risers I needed and how big to cut them. Just to the right of this pic is the stairs that will be coming out tomorrow.