In one more day the Hazelnut Inn will have a complete roof over it at last. The hard working crew of Howie’s Roofing is doing a fabulous job. This is truly no ordinary roof for most of the shingles have to be custom trimmed to fit around the tapered towers. The North Star roof had square shingles which were tricky enough but the Copper Crown castle sports diamond shaped beauties which proved to be much more challenging. Even on the bigger flatter areas it is tricky with 24/12 slopes, endless angles and many different custom flashings. After this roof I suspect Howie and his crew will be glad to tackle something a little more normal once again.
Hear no evil
Little Henry will turn one year old in a week or so. He’s been walking for two months and now is running at full speed - generally towards trouble. He’s testing every limit and boundary regularly, and is into everything he can reach which gets a little higher and every day. He’s a good natured kid, quick to laugh and he loves to tease. I’ve heard some say he takes after his grampa in many ways… which is a good thing I believe. Both Henry and I hear no evil. :)
Many choices
Every project we do comes with a struggle, especially in the design phase. Ideas are always in abundant supply but these ideas need to be balanced against many other factors, especially the ultimate cost to build the project. Time always plays a factor as well. It has to make sense when the dust settles. A current project is a real head scratcher. In this case, as an added challenge the footprint and style of the building was settled before we entered the picture making our role largely be cosmetic. There have been many versions of the concept design thus far (I only show a few below) and it will be interesting to see where we end up.
