Shingling

We got shingles! The roofers began work on the shingles yesterday, so when we drove by, we got a good view of the back roof, where about 1/3 of the surface had been covered. The front roof is larger, so it can't be said that they are 1/6th of the way done, but whatever. I drove by the site at about 11:30 and they were just getting the shipment of shingles delivered, so they were able to do that patch in just about three or four hours. Given a nice day (which today isn't), they might be able to get the entire back and part of the front done.

We have a set of stairs in the garage. We don't know what they are for. There is a short set and a long set. Our staircase will consist of two parts. About four or five steps from the first floor to a turn, and more steps from there to the second floor. I have no idea how they put these things together, but the long set seemed to long, as did the short set. It is possible these are not for the main staircase but instead for the front porch and the basement. We'll see. There was also a short set of stairs placed in the garage to the mudroom. This is good because it saves us from putting our lives at risk to enter the house from that side. I checked out the basement and the framing down there is not complete. They must be saving that for a rainy day (like today).

We heard back on the outbuilding we asked for a quote for. They didn't really quote me what I wanted, but based on what we did get, we decided to forego the outbuilding. I had wanted a quote on an 8x10 and a 10x10 structure, with two double doors and with a small overhead door. We got a single quote for a 10x10 garage with a large overhead door. It was about $9500. This is at least double what I was thinking it might be, and we just can't justify it. I'm peeved I didn't get the quotes I asked for (how hard can it be?) but even if the double doors and smaller area shave 20% off the price, it will still be too much. We'll have to build a shed later - I can do it myself.