Seth (no relation) finally sent me these black and white images of their work putting in the roof stringers and by doing so, somewhat straightening the bow in the roof. He has told me of their horror stories of putting in the first stringer and it taking hours to fit it into place, trying everything they could think of to put a straight board up against a bowed roof line. Greg and Seth (no relation) I guess found that by buttressing the stringers with another board set into a form on the floor, they could sledgehammer the form across the floor and knock the stringer into place. Thank goodness they decided to start in the center of the house and work outwards towards the front of the house. When I got back home, I helped with the last stringers, which essentially dropped right into place.




Ok, that was three weeks ago and we are glad its over and we are glad that the second floor framing is essentially done. The house is already so much more solid feeling than when we bought it. It really doesn't shake at all anymore.