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.
Daily Archives: December 2, 2005
Stripping It Down
You can see the seven guys who worked on our roof. They started at the top and worked their way down, slipping reinforced forks under the shingles to pry them off. This is mid-morning on the first of the two days they were here.
There are tarps all around the house, protecting the plants and grass below, as they fling the shingles down to the clean up crew.
Naked!
This is the North side of the house. The roof is just about stripped, and ready for the black paper to be laid. It took a day and a half to remove the shingles Dear Husband and I so laboriously put up. The white framed window is the bay window over my kitchen sink.
Black paper
Black felted paper has been laid over the entire roof. The valleys have been reinforced with “Water and Ice” barriers and “baby tins” and flashing are in place. Next stop…shingles!
Shingles
The shingles are going up fast and furious. A storm is coming in. Scattered severe thunderstorms are predicted to start in just a couple of hours. When Dear Husband and I did the roof 16 years ago, it took us almost four months to do what they did in four and a half hours. Aren’t pneumatic hammers amazing??
Done At Last!
And THIS (ta daahhhh) is what the new roof looks like:
Brrrrrrr!!
My word, it’s cold! When I got up this morning it was just 16 degrees outside, and right now, it feels about sixteen next to these windows!
For Elegante Mother, we have the temperature set at 72 degrees. If she didn’t live with us, the temperature would be at 68 during the day and 65 or so at night. I’m usually too warm, and would willingly lower the thermostat for the winter, but Elegante Mother is going to be 89 on December 7th, and she tends to look blue if we turn the heat down too far.
I’ve been trying to get her to get up and move around, but she doesn’t seem to believe that being active will keep her warm. I have the perfect idea for this afternoon, though. I’m going to bring the box of ornaments up from the basement, and have her work at decorating her Christmas tree.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…..
Well, drat!
I was just over at WHUZZUP!, seeing what Eric had to say, and he made a suggestion that was SO sensible.
Go read what he had to say about comments on Thursday, November 17th, in the post on spammers. Just disregard the entry on the penis-enlarging pills, and scroll down.
Do you suppose he’s right, and that most of us have been doing this backward? After all, he has had a blog since 1998….a year BEFORE Blogger came along.
What do you think?