Social Room: From Floors To Roof

A new floor was not in the original construction contract but because supplies were cheap and the workers had offered just do it for cash, we opted for a new wood floor in the social room.  The floor material is an exact replicate of the original.  One problem with this though is that if you tear up the entire floor, new codes require you to redo the whole floor, which could include a subfloor and foundation or other construction issues we wanted to avoid.  Luckily, we were able to replace just the surface and avoid having to replace the whole floor.  The window company of the original windows still exists so it was easy for us to create replicas of the original windows as well.  We were able to host a high school reunion with an unfinished floor and roof, and while nobody was allowed in the social club room, it looked pretty done.   The next group was coming soon and wanted to use the room so we had a deadline in place. The roof was completed with plywood, an ice and water shield, and then covered with tin on the entire roof to keep water out, which causes the most damage on a roof.  The original roof was constructed of used pieces of wood planks, allowing water to leak through the seams and destroy the inside.  Because the edge of the plywood on the roof was visible, so not historically accurate, we wrapped the ends of the plywood so they looked like the original planks. A beautiful optical illusion.  With a historically accurate wooden drip edge placed on the flashing, the roof was finished. Phew!