This morning I took a ride up in the snorkel lift to et a bird’s eye view of the Hazelnut Inn. The colourful roof is complete save for the ridge caps on the front portion of the Copper Crown suite and looks fabulous! The rare diamond shingles were a great choice and well worth the effort to install by the Howie’s Roofing crew. Our crew was going to get back to installing the weatherproof wrap, furring strips and lath with the man lift now free. They will be installing the windows as well over the next days bringing the building closer to lockup.
Tons of tower
Large structures always dominate the working space in the Imagination Corporation shop, making it hard to walk from one end to the other without carefully picking a winding path between them. That certainly describes the shop these days! The Copper Crown castle tower and it’s roof are the two largest pieces. They are almost ready for the spray insulation which will be done shortly. Then we’ll finish the interiors of both pieces and put the shingles on the roof. That will make them ready to lift into place, hopefully by the end of the month. The back of the shop (behind the large tower bits) is just as full with a bunch of pieces which will soon be bound for Penticton.
One more day
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.
