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I also don't like leaning ladders against gutters.....for multiple reasons. But I suppose there are ways around that.

Clark Griswold says what?

TDub wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 11:41 am I also don't like leaning ladders against gutters.....for multiple reasons. But I suppose there are ways around that.

There's an area at the front of our house sans gutters for a short stretch - that's where they have placed the ladders.

ugh starting this week I get to tear off and replace my roof. Including all fascia boards, probably some sheathing repairs or replacement, soffit and vents, some siding on the dormers (all new siding and trim next year), some windows on the dormers and hopefully...fingers crossed...not to much rafter repair.

not looking forward to any of it. At least the first week it's gonna be a night's and weekends job. Then I may have to take a couple days off and go after it for real.

so so hate roofs. Especially steep roofs with lots of hips and valleys and overhang and protrusions. so much flashing and step flashing and bullshit to deal with.....

beats the hell outta paying someone else to do it though.

Are you doing it all on your own?
That's nuts to me.
We had 5 people on our roof and it took them 12 hours.

pdub wrote: ↑Mon Jun 10, 2024 8:50 am Are you doing it all on your own?
That's nuts to me.
We had 5 people on our roof and it took them 12 hours.

I'll be doing it all and yea by myself. should be good times. Doin it after work and weekends...even if I take a few days off will probably take me 2 weeks.

But, a lot of that is all the extra stuff, the siding onnthe dormers, the fascia etc. If I were just doing shingles it'd be much faster.

I'm also 30 minutes from any town so any material runs, dump runs, etc eat away at productivity.

it's a real pain in the ass roof too, lots of steps and angles etc. it's gonna take some time to do it right

Good luck.
Stay safe.

should be so much fun. typically at home I don't bring the harness home and rope grabs etc.....being this far away from town and all alone...yea, I think I'll tie off do it correctly this time ...ambulance is 30 minutes out minimum too...thats a long time to lay on the ground in pain lol

My heart, and admiration go out to you.

Falling off a roof is too high a price to pay, glad to hear you're not going commando.

Was just talking about my dangerous roof when I was in Jersey. It was three stories and angled. Yow. Be safe for sure!

it'd gonna be a beautiful evening to be on a roof.....windy as shitz which is no bueno....but 67 degrees....in mid June? can't complain about that. Low tomorrow is 37. In June. usually we're in the mid 90s with lows in the mid 70s by now

I take back everything I said....upon removal of 2 layers if shingles it is revealed that....da da da....shake shingles still exist underneath it all...

fuckin motherfucking fuck....

I just earned myself a ton more work and a nice chunk of extra expense

Shake shingles are the worst.

TDub wrote: ↑Fri Jun 14, 2024 9:10 pm I take back everything I said....upon removal of 2 layers if shingles it is revealed that....da da da....shake shingles still exist underneath it all...

fuckin motherfucking fuck....

I just earned myself a ton more work and a nice chunk of extra expense

DeletedUser wrote: ↑Sat Jun 15, 2024 6:34 am Shake shingles are the worst.

^^^

Ugh, my condolences Tdub.

That is real work.

so wooden shake shingles were covered over with two layers of standard shingles?

wtf

KUTradition wrote: ↑Sat Jun 15, 2024 2:04 pm so wooden shake shingles were covered over with two layers of standard shingles?

wtf

yep...and wtf is right.

the last roof I did had the same thing...but on that one I had a crew of guys and also could charge for the added labor and material to redeck.

This one I'm on my own and have to absorb the labor and pay for the materials. wtf indeed. if I didn't have bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all

it's been 30 mph winds woth gusts to 55. It's been a fun morning. I'm thankful for lunch, let my ankles rest and unpucker a tad

KUTradition wrote: ↑Sat Jun 15, 2024 2:04 pm so wooden shake shingles were covered over with two layers of standard shingles?

wtf

You just described my mom's house.

TDub wrote: ↑Sat Jun 15, 2024 2:40 pm it's been 30 mph winds woth gusts to 55. It's been a fun morning. I'm thankful for lunch, let my ankles rest and unpucker a tad

Stay safe. I couldn't do it.