Roofing - Day 2

I have been busy with various things and have not updated the roof progress. With Tuesday's rain halting work, we picked up once again on Wednesday.  Ed brought his son Adam, plus we hired a worker, Nate Lampe, to help.  Adam began tearing off shingles at 7:00 while I took Ed over to drop his truck at the shop.  When we returned, Adam had a good start.  Nate showed at 8:00, and the work began in earnest.

The view at 10:00

By 10:00 AM the entire roof had been stripped.  That was a full three hours prior to Monday's time.  It just goes to show what a couple of teenage boys can accomplish in simple manpower above the efforts of an equal number of over-the-hill men.  Nate and Adam worked on putting down the felt paper and fanfold insulation while Ed did trim work on the end of the house from which this photo was taken, and I helped from the ground.  At 12:30 we broke for lunch.

Roof: Ed, Nate, and Adam
Ground: Sandi and Steve

After lunch we started screwing down the steel panels.  Sandi and I worked below marking screw holes and passing up the sheets to Nate and Adam.  Ed worked on the trim for the gable end on the back right while the boys squared and fastened the steel.  The two exhaust pipes in the picture were a bit tricky.  Thankfully, only one hole was required in each of two adjacent panels which Ed skillfully measured and cut.

Left to right: Marian Bricker, Evie Petersen, and Sandi

Our mothers wanted to come up and see how things were moving along.  They were able to help by picking up trash around the house.  Afterward, they visited with our neighbor to the south, Jean Claflin, who was sitting on her porch.

Karen Fisher

 




Ed's wife Karen came with their daughter Amanda to help as they could.  Karen took the rolling magnet around the property to pick up screws and nails that had fallen.


At 6:30 we had everything finished and cleaned up for supper.

Finished product by Thursday morning's early light

Roofing - Day 1

As opposed to our president, we were actually on top of the task from day one.  (Did I say that out loud?)

Ed Fisher's truck and Trailer

Monday's weather was perfect for the occasion—cool a partly cloudy.  Ed Fisher showed first with his tools and dump trailer.  We have known his family for years, and having his own construction business, he was able to supervise and do the work to make this go correctly.

Steve Bricker, Ron Telecky, Ed Fisher, Mike Moore

Somewhat later, Mike Moore and Ron Telecky arrived to help tear off the old shingles.  Sandi did as well, but she had other things to do inside so came out later to help.












Ron had to leave somewhat early since it was his wedding anniversary.  That sounded like a legitimate excuse.  The rest of us broke for lunch about 1:00, after which Mike left.  Ed and I continued the work laying down the tar paper and fanfold insulation.  Spotty rain moved in, but we were able to continue until a steady light shower came through about 3:00.  We took a break and waited for Ed's son, Adam, to arrive and help.

Adam came and a few minutes later, Ed's wife, Karen, and younger daughter, Amanda, arrived as well.  Ed and Adam did the work of attaching the steel to the roof with enough screws to keep them in place while Karen and I lifted the sheets from the ground up to them.  Sandi and Amanda were in charge of marking where the screws were to be placed on the steel panels.

After the panels were fastened down, Ed, Adam, and I fastened down the steel with the rest of the fasteners.  By this time, I was exhausted and moved quite slowly.  We finally quit for supper at 8:00.

Today we have a much needed rest day since we have rain.  Wednesday we start anew.