Going Under Cover

In March 2007, the roof for the chapel began with the installation of a rugged truss system that also supports the barrel vault. Blue Ridge Timber Frame of Swannanoa, N.C. designed and built the roof system. Each 15-piece truss interlocks to form the pitch of the roof and the curve of the vaulted ceiling without outward splay. When the components were delivered to HSMC, 699 pieces of southern yellow pine were assembled on the ground in a day. The seven main trusses were then flown into place using a crane. Trusses for the transcept followed. Roof construction will continue into the summer with the addition of 1 x 6 pine roofing boards, a leak membrane, and battens, which will ultimately be used to secure clay tiles. At the beginning of Septermber, carpenters began to affix the clay roofing tiles. The last tile was placed mid-November , 2007.

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