TEDCO's primary focus for the past week has been finishing the roof. While the weather has not been cooperating with the roofers, the framers have kept busy. The roof over the offices is particularly challenging with a variety of angles, surfaces, peaks and valleys. This morning at 6 a.m., while the roof was open, our HVAC contractor craned in the main component of our HVAC unit, which weighed in at about 900 pounds. This unit (photo to come when the photographer is permitted access) will be installed above the men's room and will sit on four large springs to isolate the vibration from the building.
To frame the roof, carpenters must not only cut birds mouths and angles on the rafters - many of them also have beveled ends. A sample of a beveled and angled joint can be seen in the accompanying photographs.
To mimic the curved feature of our historic building, special rafter ends have been added to the roof decking over the sanctuary. Foam insulation will be placed between the rafter ends, and that portion of the roof will be sheathed.
In this photo of our historic building, the gutters are made of copper and the downspouts are made of aluminum painted musket brown, which provides a decent match to the patina of the original gutter.
The gutters and downspouts for the new building will be a close match to those on our existing building, except rather than being copper, they will be musket brown aluminum.
Instead of hanging under the eave, the new gutters will mount on the front edge of the roof. An aluminum drip edge will be installed under the shingles to direct the water into the gutters. (The gutter sample in the photo is made of galvanized steel.)
Because the slope of the roof is so steep, snow guards will be attached at strategic points along the lower edge of the roof. Without the snow guards, there is an increased likelihood that snow and ice
will one day cascade into the gutters and rip them off.
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