The Thomas/Padgett Home

The second floor has been reframed with engineered I joists. For the depth we wanted the choices were very limited. We chose to use 9" deep I joists spaced on 12" centers. The floor is quite stout now.

After the second floor was installed I jacked up and supported the back half of the roof on a temporary wall from the second floor. This allowed me to remove the top back log and replace it with a new one

After replacing the south top log, I needed to replace one of the ceiling joists. It was a poplar log beam that had also rotted from the same leak that decayed the top log. We cut a tree from the farm woodlot across the highway from the cabin. I brought it back and using drawknife, axes and slick (the big chisel) hewed one side flat to duplicate the original.

Finally, I shimmed the existing roof closer to level and then sistered new rafters along the old ones. This straightened and strengthened the old roof. I then removed the old metal roof, repaired the sheathing and put new plywood over the existing oak boards.
The old metal roof that we removed was solid zinc standing seam. It had been the roof of the old courthouse in Independence (the courthouse before the 1908 one). The new roof will be standing seam baked enamelled steel with a pewter color.

These are pictures of the roof reframed and ready for the new metal. The overhangs have been increased substantially. Hopefully this will keep the logs drier.

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