Bummer!

For about a month, the installation of our SIP panels was scheduled for this Friday and Saturday, the 7th and 8th of January. Last week I called the installers to verify that we were still on for those dates and got a "Yes."

I then called the manufacturer to assure them the SIP panels would be picked up on the 7th, the truckers to verify we were still on their schedule, and the crane company to be sure we could unload and lift the panels into place. Everyone was on the same page.

My plan was to use this week to remove the tarps and put up the paneling that will show above the rafters and under the SIPs. (See post showing panelling.) The weather forcast was good - either clear, or well below freezing, so any precipitation would be snow, not rain.

Monday morning we got a call saying the installers could not be here this week and they had to put us off until the 14th and 15th!

What could we do? Nothing! Too late to schedule anyone else, if there even is anyone else nearby with the experience (and availability) to install the SIPs. I called the other three participants in the venture - manufacturer, trucker and crane operator - and verified that a week later would work for their schedules. Fortunately they all said it would.

So, instead of getting ready for the SIPs this week, I am using the week to remove the tarps and spread them on the ground so they might warm up a tad and be more supple when they are replaced over the SIPs next weekend. Next, after the projected snow showers today and tomorrow are over, I'll start lifting and fastening the panels and hope for the best (no rain, but not too far below freezing) for the rest of next week before the panels go up.

I'll post a picture when all the panelling is in place.