Roofing Days 5-16

I have been too busy and tired to keep up on posting about the roof, so let me explain, no there is too much, I will sum up.

Day 5: 4th of July

Happy 4th.

Please excuse the messed up picture...

More tearing off plywood sheathing and putting up new.

I sacrificed my tablesaw blade guard trying to cut a 45 degree bevel on one side of the plywood I was putting in at the ridge. The screw that held the guard on had bent and led to it being in the way when I started up the saw; sending shrapnel at me, which I avoided by ducking behind the plywood I was cutting. 

Day 6: thurs

That's 135 degrees on the tar paper

•  Started putting up some shingles from the northeast hip; didn't get very far.

my arms are badly scratched from all the plywood tear-off; my shins are just about as bad too.

Day 7: Fri, Dad arrives

• Didn't get any pictures from today so am verifying with the video, but as I recollect.
• Dad arrived in the middle of the day to help
• helped with cutting some sheets of plywood
• got tools I needed and adjusted the compressor for the different nailers

Day 8: sat, The Day I did too much
With Dad here and knowing we could get a lot of work done, we started on the gable over the garage. We took off the shingles over the garage gable first. You can see it in the next picture at the top right. It is a little hard to tell, but it sticks out a little and since I don't like that and it would have cost me another $50 to straighten it out at the lower part, we just cut off the upper part, making it a shallow gable. You might notice it later in the other pictures from the front of the garage.

Before... foreground shingling is new, background shingles are old, tar paper in the middle, some holes under the tarp.

Dad helping cut plywood for the garage and then for the main roof .

This is about the middle of the day when the garage roof was almost done replacing the sheathing.

 I don't have pictures from my camera of the sheathing that got replaced on the main roof the rest of the day, but basically, everything to the left in the above picture, that had the tarp on it or is old plywood got replaced late in this day. I got so frustrated with getting too much started at once that I didn't end up getting it all nailed  down but did that on Sunday. I did get all the insulation and baffles done before the plywood got fitted and placed for the night, though.

Day 9: sun

Sunday I got all the new plywood we had fitted on the roof over the main part of the house and the garage nailed down. with the exception of some pieces along the valley. There was some support issues we addressed on Monday before the tar paper got placed and we got back to shingling.

It was hot on Sunday, so Sam had fun running though the sprinkler while Aimee did some work in the yard. We enjoyed a watermelon at one point and Sam pretended to be asleep in the shade of the canopy. He was having a blast.

Day 10: mon

This is the framing we put up to support the plywood in the valley we had to cut where it went under the garage roof.  It worked really well to keep the new plywood edge supported.

These were taken kinda late, so you will probably have to enlarge to  see the details. 

The garage roof is started shingling and  the main roof has come along further. 

Day 11: tues

We got the front garage roof removed in the morning before I took Mom and Sam to the mall to see the $1 movie; Cats and Dogs 2. When I got back Dad helped me get the basketball hoop removed.

The basketball hoop was removed and the front got tar papered .

Then we got the front roof tar papered and the hip lined with ice and water shield.  

More shingling up the garage roof until I got to a point where I needed to figure out how to get the shingles underneath the gable before continuing on this side; which meant starting the front of the garage first. 

I ended up getting up to the hip on the front of the garage and  put on the ridge shingles over the hip, but....

they didn't turn out so straight and I took them back off to retry again in the morning.

Day 12: wed

Look! A straighter hip ridge.

and then got the rest of the east garage roof  done  to the ridge and ready for the main roof to be started again.

Day 13: thurs

This was the rest of the main roof shingled and then the hook blade on my utility knife slipped as I was trimming the last couple shingles ...

and sank into my arm. 

Luckily it was just before the Urgent Care Center closed and we were able to make it there to get my arm two stitches and not needing to wait several hours in the ER. Yay!!!

I was covered in shingle grit and it was getting all over the place.  The nurse/tech even had to swab my arm twice to clean it to give me the Tdap shot. I am sure I didn't smell too great either, so it was great to get such great service.

Day 14: friday

We tore down the chimney that was not being used any more on Friday. Whoever built that chimney did a good job, it was hard to bust apart. It took almost the whole day of me and Dad chipping bricks off of it and throwing everything in the dumpster. It was way more involved than I thought it was going to be.

When we got down to the roof, the shingles and the plywood around the chimney came out next. 

We took it down to where it was flat and I adhesived a piece of plywood to the top to keep out animals. 

Day 15: Sat
Saturday we took off more sheathing and framed in the top of the chimney with plywood so birds/squirrels wouldn't make use of the area above the chimney for a roost.

Sadly and reluctantly, I let my parents leave that afternoon so they could get home and take care of planning and packing for their trip. I really missed having someone around to work with and ended up calling Dad Sunday to help me figure out how to solve the plywood problem around the valley.

Day 16: Sun

Whoever put this in was not expecting it to ever come out, I think.

The dilemma for the day was to figure out how to replace the small section of plywood at the end of the valley (the piece with the 2x4 sticking out from under it. I was thinking I really should replace the plywood that the hammer is on in the next picture, but ...

with how I solved the problem, I ended up just putting in a 2x4 underneath that piece to re-enforce the  marginal  plywood and make it more solid.

The rest of the roof came off and went together pretty easy after that and  I got half of it nailed down before I realized I needed to wait on the last couple pieces toward the front so I could route the relay switch control cable from the sprinkler system into the wall since it was open from above and would be easier to get to that way. 

I haven't been back out or even tried to route the wire yet... although I did put up tarps in preparation of the thunderstorms and rain we were supposed to have today; of which nothing came of it but a little wind.

I decided to take a break since I didn't have anyone to watch Sam yesterday (and didn't set up anything for today) and have been nursing a lame arm that keeps wanting to go to sleep, and has some strange nerve tingling, and a body that is just worn out from all the work day in and day out. I needed a rest I guess cuz I slept in yesterday til almost 10, when Sam woke up, and went to bed last night after dinner, pretty much. I did get a little restless about 2am and read for about an hour, but I still woke up today about 9. Even though I feel better, I still feel wiped and hopefully tonight will allow me to make an effort to get back out there and finish this up by the weekend.

Roofing Day 4 - Tuesday

Today started with tearing more of the roof off. It was a nice partly cloudy, dry day. There were breaks of sun and then it would get cloudy and cool off a little. I don't think it got above about 75 all day. 

Anywho... The two 3/4 inch pieces above the gable were the first to go. I found that if I just cut the shingles at the seams of the plywood, I could just throw the plywood in the bin with the shingles still attached. I will have to download the camera photos to get pics of that, maybe tomorrow.

I got the plywood removed from the peak to the 3/4 plywood at the overhang and found that one of the rafters had cracked. I "sistered" a 2x4 along side of it and screwed and nailed it to the split rafter to strengthen it. I smoothed out the insulation and made sure there were not any empty spaces. I also tacked the cardboard to the bottom of the rafters, above the lower vent, so it wasn't just laying on the insulation.

Then I got the gable plywood replaced with new 3/4 inch and straightened out the gable to it didn't have the "butterfly" gable look. It is all just straight with the end of the house. Due to the adjustment in the gable, I had to cut a groove in the lower piece so it would fit over the hip; unfortunately I didn't get a picture before I covered it over with ice and water shield.

You will have to enlarge the photo to see the crack in it.

 This was just before I was done for the night.  I cut the final piece to go at the top above the sheeting that is in place in the picture. I put it in place but I have to wait to secure it until I put the next pieces at the lower levels first; so the plywood clips can be put in easier.

I then covered the whole area with tarps and came inside for the night. Aimee had gone to see her mom in the hospital again tonight after dinner and I had left Sam watching a movie to be able to finish putting the tarps up and cleaning up, so I wasn't able to keep working.

I wasn't really wanting to work on the 4th, but I will most likely be out there at it again. We don't have any other plans for celebrating, so why not. Sam is looking forward to fireworks though.

Roofing Day 2

I ended up taking the front corner of the roof apart to get the hip ready for tar paper and shingles, including some ice and water shield, which I actually think I installed wrong after talking to my roofer neighbor.

 Mom and Dad showed up around 12 and Dad helped me out with cutting some plywood and getting stuff I needed in the garage while Mom watched Sam after he got dropped off by the sitter while they were out doing errands. Anywho... here are some pictures of the progress for Day 2, not feeling like doing the full description narrative, so you will have to follow along with the captions on the photos; sorry they are a little out of order.

Started by moving the drip edge up onto the roof

Then started pulling back the tar paper from the East side.

Started tearing off the corner of the North roof

and more...

and more...

and more....

carrying it to the dumpster over by the driveway

removed some of the tar paper.

Then the uploaded pics get messed up;
This one was going in for lunch, I think.

Throwing the plywood down

Using the old piece of plywood as a template.

Starting the day, putting up the ladder.

Plywood cut

throwing the plywood on the roof

Dad cutting another small piece.

Moving around insulation into the corner.

explaining to Dad what I did to the tree
to get the camera mounted with a view of
the roof

taking out another small piece I found to be
too deteriorated and needed replaced.

Moving insulation.

Dad getting the plywood ready to trace and cut

Moving insulation around while Dad cuts the plywood

Removing the staples from the old plywood.

Handing up the cut plywood piece Dad cut.

Fitting the small plywood piece.

The plywood piece fits!!!

Gone inside for lunch???

Nailing it down.

The main piece of plywood ready to go in.

Missed a couple 

There are still a few staples to take out

It fits perfectly. Yay!

It needed a little encouragement to get it in the clips

Trying to figure out how the tar paper all goes.

Nailing it down.

And standing on it finally got it in the clips

Rolling out the ice and water shield
that should have gone above the tar paper.

removing the backing to stick it down.

Tar paper tacked back down on the wrong
side of the ice shield.

Putting up the rest of the starter strip on the East side.

Shingling...

not sure what this one is.

Trimming the corner.

Rolling out and tacking down the tar paper.

More tar paper rolls.

Second row rolled out.

More shingling...

Aimee helping Sam up the ladder for a look.

Sam inspecting the new roof.

Sam approved.

Making progress...

Dad sneaking up on me...
he really surprised me cuz I was so focused.

Dad just threw the small rolls of tar paper
up so I could use it to cover that small exposed section

Dad taking down the saw horses for me.

Discussing something with Dad.

Giving Dad the 3-tab shingles to cut into
hip and ridge shingles.

Extra rolls of tar paper rolled out for water protection.

Trimming the tar paper...

Cutting the water shield off the gutter

Trying to staple the vent baffles to the sheeting.

Getting the vent to put in the East Roof.

Remembering her hearing protectors.

Aimee coming up to help

Aimee coming up to help.

Getting close to done shingling on the East side

Bringing up another roll of tar paper.

cutting down the tar paper to actually fit

putting the piece of tar paper under the gable
to fill in the last piece under the flashing.

Cutting and Placing the tar paper
to fit under the gable.

Gathering the tools; getting ready to get down.

grabbing the last of the stuff from the roof.

Taking down the ladder.

Picking up.

Night time.

So I got all but the very last row under the gable done on the East roof and have tar paper rolled out over the north roof, ready to start the east corner in the morning.

I will have to remove more roofing and sheeting to do any more than just a couple rows, but it will be a start.