Roof videos

Here are some videos of the house.  I took some great ones with Joe's fancy camera that had my voice in the background, but I can't get them to upload to this blog for some reason.  These videos don't have sound, so I have to describe them and you have to add the sound in your mind.  This first one is rather dark, but I hope you can see that it's a young man blowing the insulation into the house.  One reason it's so dark is because the room is FULL of the dust that is a natural part of this process, but the installers didn't wear any kind of mask.  The nice part is that it's cellulose insulation -- basically recycled paper -- so it's not particularly dangerous.  It was a fun process to watch.

Here's one of the roof while I'm standing on the roof.  I'm on the southeast corner of the house on the part of the roof that is over the porch which is not slanted very much.  The steep part of the roof is VERY steep and I don't get on it.  This video starts with a view of the east upstairs bedroom where the window is, and then it pans over to the upstairs porch.  Joe's "Evita" Porch where he can stand and wave at the cheering crowds.

This last video starts with a view of the west upstairs bedroom and pans down to the west side yard and the large oak tree that shakes the whole area.  We're fighting to make sure that the tree stays alive and healthy by trying to keep traffic off of it and by watering it each weekend when no workers are present.