"Moon Roof" takes on a Whole New Meaning!

Around the original house are several shed style roofs.  Our plans show these being removed and a new roof line installed.  The extension on the main house became the focus this past weekend.  Our ceiling heights needed to be adjusted and preventing leaks from damaging new installations were part of the decision to move ahead.  Our good friends, Rick and Donna from Fort Mill, gave us an afternoon to do demo.  Donna told us Rick loved to demo...and she was right.  In just a few hours the roof was removed and stacked on our pickup ready for the landfill.  If you look over the top, you can see our neighbor's roof.  The new wall is on the left side of the picture and our back door is in the middle right.

What did not occur to me was this room was going to have to remain unsecured and open for the night! The forecast showed no rain in the area.   From the street, you couldn't see the roof was missing, but a sturdy ladder and some strong legs, and you are up and over!  Our Simply Safe alarm system mattered little at this point!  We locked our dorm room from the inside and removed all pawn-worthy tools.  Knowing our vulnerabilities still worried me into the wee hours.  We came out to find the moon shining down!  It gave having a moon roof a whole new meaning!  It was only for one night and the process was sure to be worth it.

Our beautiful moon beams shining down inside our Freedman's cottage!

Lookout for our next post which will showcase our roof extension and how it provides protection and added attic space for our Rinnai hot water heater and HVAC gaspack in the future.