beginnings of the second floor

The stairs to no where now go to the second floor.

Martin has raised the original rafters and replaced most of the roof with temporary rafters and sheathing.

The south wall for the second story is built and just waiting for a good day to be installed.  Once it is installed, Martin can take measurements for the rest of the second story walls and start building them.

we've got a front porch

While waiting for less windy and less rainy weather, Martin occupied himself by building the front porch.

Roof adjusted to accommodate finishing the second story joists and subfloor

Martin needed to cut the hip and common rafters to be able to put the last few joists in.  Most of the original roof is still there, but now it is supported by the floor of the second story of an tigin.

The subflooring for the second floor is completely installed now too.

The above picture shows the original hip rafter that was in the way of progress and needed to be shortened and resupported.