Day 2 started with a good cleaning and going over the bare roof. We removed all of the remaining staples, screwed down some loose sheeting, and swept off the whole thing. Once everything was ready for reconstruction we started installing the new pieces.
This started with the new drip molding followed by the ice shield. The ice shield took some time to get down correctly. A 3’x12’ sticky pliable sheet of rubber is not easy to lay down in one shot. But in the end it went on well.
After that the regular felt paper we very easy. This stuff is allot more durable than the stuff that we took off.
The next step is to start the shingles. The architectural shingles are actually nicer to work with than the standard three tab shingles. You don’t have to spend any time lining up them horizontally. The random pattern of the architectural style shingles take that out of the equation.
So we went to start the shingles and we had the air compressor set up, the air hose on the roof, and the nail gun loaded up with nails. Once the nail gun was hooked up it was obvious that there was a huge air leak. After some tinkering with the gun, we were not able to get it working. And since it was late in the day and we have no phone (did you know that there is no pay phone in Aurora?) we were unable to get a replacement gun. So we went at the roof with good old hammer and nails. We actually made fairly good time.
And while we were hammering away on the roof, we had a visitor come by.
This pigeon sat and watched us work for about 2 minutes before he got sick of the hammering and flew away.
So here are the progress photos at the end of Day 2. We started at 9am and we cleaned up at 7:40.
RJ
This started with the new drip molding followed by the ice shield. The ice shield took some time to get down correctly. A 3’x12’ sticky pliable sheet of rubber is not easy to lay down in one shot. But in the end it went on well.
After that the regular felt paper we very easy. This stuff is allot more durable than the stuff that we took off.
The next step is to start the shingles. The architectural shingles are actually nicer to work with than the standard three tab shingles. You don’t have to spend any time lining up them horizontally. The random pattern of the architectural style shingles take that out of the equation.
So we went to start the shingles and we had the air compressor set up, the air hose on the roof, and the nail gun loaded up with nails. Once the nail gun was hooked up it was obvious that there was a huge air leak. After some tinkering with the gun, we were not able to get it working. And since it was late in the day and we have no phone (did you know that there is no pay phone in Aurora?) we were unable to get a replacement gun. So we went at the roof with good old hammer and nails. We actually made fairly good time.
And while we were hammering away on the roof, we had a visitor come by.
This pigeon sat and watched us work for about 2 minutes before he got sick of the hammering and flew away.
So here are the progress photos at the end of Day 2. We started at 9am and we cleaned up at 7:40.
RJ
posted by R.J. at 4:07 PM
1 Comments:
Looks good but I do want to know how come you use the term 'we' and it is always Paula doing the work?! Life goes on in the big woods as does the heat. Autumn in two weeks and home in three and you will be leaving when to the big ice flow?
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