Should we be building an ark?

Framing is completed. There are a few bits he'll need to finish after the plumber and electrician have run lines through the crawlspace, but it's a couple hours of work at the most.

We had a minor crisis over the weekend, although it didn't seem minor at the time. The framer had about 2/3 of the roof decking in place by Friday afternoon. The incomplete sections were at the transition between old and new construction. He tarped it "just in case".

Saturday night, I woke up about 2 AM to rain. We have a lot more surfaces now for rain to hit, so it seems very loud. In the morning, the north half of the construction (the part attaching to existing house) was pretty wet, or so I thought. We figured it would dry out; I mean, it is Oregon and rain is a given.

Sunday afternoon, I left at 3 for groceries and got back about an hour later. L was mopping up HUGE piles of standing water on BOTH floors. We had had an absolute deluge, but me being cooped inside Fred Meyer, missed the whole thing. L was trying to mop it up, but it was like bailing out the Titanic with a teacup. We would begin to make some headway and then the rains would start again. I went and bought more mops, the kind with the handle you can crank to squeeze them out. I wasn't going to spend hours wringing that rag mop by hand.

In addition, we had a leak in the first-floor Living Room of our 2-story house. Room above was bone-dry, but this was about 4 feet in from the transition and some of the roofing had already been pulled.

L decided that instead of the new subfloor absorbing the moisture, he would drill tiny holes, less than 1/4 inch in the second floor subfloor at the big leak spots and put a barrel underneath. That way, at least the water should drain through and not thoroughly soak the boards. This did seem to minimize the damage. It was an emergency fix at best, but framer would be back Monday to finish the roof decking.

Sunday night, there was more rain, and eventually L went out there about 3AM, but he said it sounded worse than it was. When I got back from work Monday evening, the roof deck was fully in place and much of the board was dry to touch. I'm sure there is some interior dampness, but I was very pleasantly surprised to see that at least 80% of the moisture appeared to be gone.

If you look closely, you can see some of the dampness on upper floorboards, from underneath.
L tells me the darker board has residual dampness and it should lighten up as it dries out.

Tuesday, the roofer tarpapered all the roof and transition areas. That will tide us over until the actual roof work starts on Monday.

I probably have one more entry to get caught up, but I'm still very pleased with the way things are working. (Stuff) happens, and you just have to deal with it