Re: The Roof, The Roof
Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2024 3:48 pm
Oh, gawd. Installing your roof sheathing on top of the shingle purlins is a nightmare. My heart goes out to you.
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Re: The Roof, The Roof
Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2024 9:56 pm
yes....yes it is. Particularly on a 9/12 roof. I'm gonna have to get creative on how to haul them up there, probably gonna have to be a rope show after the second row.
I thought about just infilling the skip sheathing with same thickness material but...I know that opens me up for waves and problems later on.
Re: The Roof, The Roof
Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2024 12:05 am
TDub: panicky even from Texas on a 9/12
Re: The Roof, The Roof
Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2024 8:52 am
welp I put off the roof long enough thay I'm entering panic mode before the rainy season haha.
Buckled down the last 3 days got the rest of the roof stripped, hauled time the dump and new decking back on. Found a bunch of rot inhad to replace. Finished the last pieces of decking last night with a head lamp on. not ideal. gotta get the underlayment in it today after work before the rain arrives Wednesday. Half the roof is shingled now, the actual shingle install is the easy part.
According to my dump receipts I took fucking 26k pounds off that roof. Which....is insane, it's not a super big roof, like 16 squares, my house is only 1200 sf. Amazed the hand framed 2x4 trusses hadn't buckled at some point in the last 103 years under that much weight.
Buckled down the last 3 days got the rest of the roof stripped, hauled time the dump and new decking back on. Found a bunch of rot inhad to replace. Finished the last pieces of decking last night with a head lamp on. not ideal. gotta get the underlayment in it today after work before the rain arrives Wednesday. Half the roof is shingled now, the actual shingle install is the easy part.
According to my dump receipts I took fucking 26k pounds off that roof. Which....is insane, it's not a super big roof, like 16 squares, my house is only 1200 sf. Amazed the hand framed 2x4 trusses hadn't buckled at some point in the last 103 years under that much weight.
Re: The Roof, The Roof
Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2024 9:22 am
And that's the reason--old forest timber. BTW, 13 tons is a lot to pull off a small roof like that!!
Re: The Roof, The Roof
Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2024 9:28 am
if it’s that old, was everything rough-sawn?
that’d definitely add some weight
that’d definitely add some weight
Re: The Roof, The Roof
Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2024 9:40 am
I hope TDub gets to listen to some good tunes or podcasts while he's up there doing all this labor.
Re: The Roof, The Roof
Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2024 9:50 am
Damn Tdub. Be safe up there
Re: The Roof, The Roof
Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2024 1:09 pm
Re: The Roof, The Roof
Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2024 1:11 pm
it's been a heavy dose of Johnny Paycheck, Conway Twitty, George Jones with some Alan Jackson and Keith Whitley mixed in....and some of the new kid Zach Top sprinkled throughout
wrapping up some shit at work before I head home and get back up there....rains coming tomorrow
Re: The Roof, The Roof
Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2024 1:12 pm
Can you hear your rafters exhaling a sigh of relief? 
Re: The Roof, The Roof
Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2024 1:17 pm
fuuuuuck........If you were closer I would see if I could help you get a crew of Guatemalans over there.TDub wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2024 8:52 am welp I put off the roof long enough thay I'm entering panic mode before the rainy season haha.
Buckled down the last 3 days got the rest of the roof stripped, hauled time the dump and new decking back on. Found a bunch of rot inhad to replace. Finished the last pieces of decking last night with a head lamp on. not ideal. gotta get the underlayment in it today after work before the rain arrives Wednesday. Half the roof is shingled now, the actual shingle install is the easy part.
According to my dump receipts I took fucking 26k pounds off that roof. Which....is insane, it's not a super big roof, like 16 squares, my house is only 1200 sf. Amazed the hand framed 2x4 trusses hadn't buckled at some point in the last 103 years under that much weight.
Tell me you are wearing a fall protection harness. Even if you aren't.
Re: The Roof, The Roof
Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2024 1:20 pm
TDub seems like more of a fuzzy knee high boots and jock strap kinda guy.
Re: The Roof, The Roof
Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2024 9:53 pm
I knew that was you on the ridge with the binos.....Overlander wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2024 1:20 pm TDub seems like more of a fuzzy knee high boots and jock strap kinda guy.
Re: The Roof, The Roof
Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2024 9:54 pm
Re: The Roof, The Roof
Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2024 10:00 pm
the first side I wore my harness the whole time.japhy wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2024 1:17 pmfuuuuuck........If you were closer I would see if I could help you get a crew of Guatemalans over there.TDub wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2024 8:52 am welp I put off the roof long enough thay I'm entering panic mode before the rainy season haha.
Buckled down the last 3 days got the rest of the roof stripped, hauled time the dump and new decking back on. Found a bunch of rot inhad to replace. Finished the last pieces of decking last night with a head lamp on. not ideal. gotta get the underlayment in it today after work before the rain arrives Wednesday. Half the roof is shingled now, the actual shingle install is the easy part.
According to my dump receipts I took fucking 26k pounds off that roof. Which....is insane, it's not a super big roof, like 16 squares, my house is only 1200 sf. Amazed the hand framed 2x4 trusses hadn't buckled at some point in the last 103 years under that much weight.
Tell me you are wearing a fall protection harness. Even if you aren't.
I damn near fell several times...and every damn time it was due to the stupid fucking rope getting tangled around my feet and wrapped in the air hose and being just a damn hazard.
so...now....I have the rope anchored at the ridge and laid out...and i use it to steady as I move across and always near me to grab but I don't wear the harness. not the smartest thing on a 9/12 pitch but it has felt safer...and im able to move oh so much more freely and quickly.....
I mean. yes japhy...im wearing fall protection....its just...modified and maybe not OSHA approved. the benefits of working on my own house....if it was a clients house I couldn't get away with it this way.
Re: The Roof, The Roof
Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2024 10:03 pm
Always.TDub wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2024 9:53 pmI knew that was you on the ridge with the binos.....Overlander wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2024 1:20 pm TDub seems like more of a fuzzy knee high boots and jock strap kinda guy.
Re: The Roof, The Roof
Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2024 10:15 pm
This whole story is remarkable for resilience if nothing else. Here in Texas this work is done by the great invading enemy who steal our jobs and live lives of desperate danger to spite us all. Laugh even.
Re: The Roof, The Roof
Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2024 10:18 pm
Re: The Roof, The Roof
Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2024 10:22 pm