Several years ago our roof needed replacing, timbers and all. In true Vermont fashion I put a tarp on it and began to plan for a new improved standing seam job with a shed dormer off the back. I had hoped to do the work myself and went to Stuart for advice. After I explained my goal to Stuart, he politely said I was crazy. Okay, he didn’t use the word crazy but suggested that I greatly underestimated what the job would entail. He then went on to offer to take a couple of days off work and come up and help build the new roof with me.
Several weeks later he arrived on a Wednesday night and in four days framed up and sheathed a new roof with two small dormers in the front and a shed dormer off the back. It was incredible to work with him. I had seen it before on smaller projects. He worked so fast, he was incredibly precise, and he came up with creative solutions to a variety of issues both structural and aesthetic. Many people become good at their profession whether as a lawyer, teacher, banker, or artist; but few, I believe, ever become “one” with what they do. Stuart is one of those few.
It was incredibly kind of him to give up his time. And it was fun and an honor to work with him. He gave us shelter.
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