Truss Setting

Last Wednesday, the trusses were set. They were delivered on Tuesday, so we were good to go for the next morning. The whole process began pretty early, with the crane arriving around 7-8am. I arrived shortly after, and saw this:

It was so exciting to see the crane at the lot! I could see it as I was driving into the neighborhood and it was very cool :)

The guys had a pretty efficient system down. 

When I arrived, they had just two trusses set. It was crazy to watch how quickly they went up once they got going! Each truss took about 3-5 minutes, then the crane was already moving to pick up the next one.

Those other guys are people Ken called in to help with the job.

Check out this video: 

When Ken saw this photo later that evening, he scolded me for standing underneath it. Whoops.

See the guy in the back? He would nail those pieces of wood between the trusses as they went along so he would have a place to sit! (The thought of these heights makes me sweat)

Java played a huge role in managing all that was going on down below

Master bedroom truss

We have a roof! (sort of...)

It was still early, but very hot and humid already. Everyone was drenched in sweat by 9am. This guy ran back and forth the entire time.

All this was set in less than an hour!

Good thing we cut back the branches in that tree...

Even then, could have cut back some more! 

Here is another video:

Garage truss

I took a lot of pictures that morning- it was the most exciting thing by far! (Way cooler than the previously most exciting concrete truck!) Since I already overloaded the blog with photos, I'll upload the rest to my Facebook photo album.

It finally looks like a house, and the entire thing seems more real. Ironically, the house now feels bigger. Not sure how placing a roof overhead gives the sense of a bigger space, but somehow it did just that.