More roof work, chipmunks and mice

 Noah's second day help put the tail trusses on the east side. He was able to head home shortly after noon. The next day we got the west side tail trusses up.  The rest of the week we slowed the pace getting the east side tails trimmed, sub-facia on both sides and the small roof tails, and south side lookouts and sheeting. Sub-facia on the cable ends, facia all around and then finish the sheeting on the north side will have the roof ready for sheeting. 

Opening the large garage door has been problematic, needing manual assist. Bill went to close it Wednesday and it slammed down. He saw that one of the springs was totally unwound and not attached at one end. An email to the installer has had no response to return and fix it yet. Payment will be withheld until it's working properly.

Cricket has been obsessed with the chipmunk chatter and races out at every opportunity to dispatch them. They apparently like being on the underside of the vehicles as she spends a lot of time under the pickups on her hind legs screeching to get them out. Yesterday while we were taking a break sitting in lawn chairs in the framed house, she was busy in the garage looking for more critters. Bill found her nosing at the tote box that is full of paint brushes and rollers. He opened the flap lid and detected movement. A mouse ejected out and ran into the end of the wet-dry vac hose near by. He looked into the hose and saw two were hunkered inside. He turned on the vacuum, opened the tote again and as he shuffled through the paint brushes, vacuumed up another six mice. Their fate was sealed when he added a bucket of water to the vacuum tank.

Update on LED lights around the rig for rodent control: we are on day 5 now with no mice caught in traps in the basement or the main cabin.🤞

Noah helping with east side truss tails

Lookouts to create the eave going in on the south side