This is what the worst section of our roof looked like on the day the roofers were scheduled to begin re-roofing our house. These shingles are only 16 years old, but on the South elevation over the garage and mudroom they were crumbling to nothing.
We've chosen to replace them with 50 year guaranteed architectural shingles that should withstand the wind and sun better. This roof has splashes of red and green in it that I'll miss, but I'm glad to know that we have a sound roof over our heads.
Comments (5)
i love your house, it's beautiful.
Posted by bod | December 3, 2005 4:45 AM
Posted on December 3, 2005 04:45
We had to re-roof our house 4-5 years ago. Harry, WS, and our neighbor did it (WS and the neighbor were more like whoofems - Harry is the skilled carpenter).
It took longer to strip the roof than to actually put the new stuff on and took a total of 2 days. Of course our roof is much smaller than yours, not to mention it only has one angle - the peak - I don't think 7 guys could actually fit on our roof.
Glad the roof got done before the really cold stuff hits!
Posted by bogie | December 3, 2005 5:56 AM
Posted on December 3, 2005 05:56
What an interesting set of pictures, Buffy. Thanks for getting them up for us. Yes, pneumatic tools do wonderful things for productivity--as does a lot of experience in doing a thing. BTW: What are "baby tins"?
Posted by Cop Car | December 3, 2005 11:20 AM
Posted on December 3, 2005 11:20
It does very easily look like them shingles have given up on doing their job - good thing you are replacing them. Hope the '50 year' shingles do well for you!
Posted by Desiree | December 3, 2005 11:47 AM
Posted on December 3, 2005 11:47
Thank you, Bod. We've lived here 16 years, and there are still days when I am astounded that I have been so fortunate!
My niece, the one who was in the accident, helped me with the cleaning when we first lived here. I'd walk into the kitchen and run my hand over the island, and it bothered her. One day she asked me if anything was wrong. I laughed and told her that it was a "proprietary" thing. I was just so astonished that it was mine, I needed to touch it. *S*
"Whoofem"?? Is that like a "gofer"? Bogie, I can't tell you how happy I am that I didn't have to strip this roof. I was up there off and on for four months putting the shingles on, and I said I wouldn't be the one redoing the roof when the time came. There must be an acre of roof up there. I think we could have easily put 14 guys to work at one time, if they had the equipment. I wonder if the roof could have held all that weight? We pushed it to the very last minute...but we made it. I'm SO RELIEVED!!!
Thanks, Cop Car. I hoped they would be interesting. A "baby tin" is a 6" round of metal (ours were aluminum) that is used to flash where a roof meets a chimney. The circle is folded in half and nailed so that one half is against the roof and one half is against the brick. The tins are overlapped and go around all four sides of the chimney. I have NO idea why they are called that, unless there is a bigger version used for another application.
Desiree, the roof looked worse than it shows in the picture. It was easily a year past the time it should have been done, and by the time we chose our roofer and the shingles, we were perilously close to the end of the season. My husband is a lucky man. Everything he touches turns out well, but I was really worried about this little venture!
Posted by buffy | December 3, 2005 5:07 PM
Posted on December 3, 2005 17:07