The Upper First Half Roof Replacement Part 1

Lets take a look at the roof prior to removal of the 8 layers of roofing.



Oh I forgot that there is also a layer of half rotted tin underneath the 8 layers or roofing materials.

This is the upper half of the part we are working on cleaned off. It only took about 3 hours to get half of it done.


This is where the kiddy pool use to be.
We had to cut it out and drop it onto the floor below. There was no other choice it was to dangerous to work around or on.

This is where they had tried to fix an old skylight and they didn't really do a very good job.

I am just about toast this is about 6p.m. and we where just getting the new nailers put on.


The guy working on the nailers is Paul Reed.
We will call him "Crazy Paul".

This guy will do anything and he does it right!
You will see what I mean later.



We had to add 7 or 8 2x8 to this section because the old 2x10's where badly rotted on the top sides. Thank god we had a nail gun!


This is a the brick wall where the 2x12's will fit into. The other side will be nailed on the opposite side of the nailers. The old 2x10's will be sandwiched between the two.



The hole looking down into the second floor dining room.



This is after inserting the new 2x12's.
Crazy Paul is making sure we are halfway level on that side.
Take notice of Crazy Paul and what he is standing on.

The guy in the foreground is my youngest brother Wade.


Us taking a break before we start nailing.

This really took some time to get this part done, but it is really starting to look good.


Me picking up the mess.

Crazy Paul picking a nail out of his boot. Sitting above an open 15 foot drop.

This was the end of the first day and everything was really not going as fast as I thought it would.

This is the start of the second day.
Crazy Paul had already started putting on the decking above. This the the view from the dining room below.



Another view of the 2x12's going into the wall grooves.

Crazy Paul admiring his work.

Good Job Crazy Paul. Really is starting to look like a roof.



We had to fix other areas where the boards where weak, so Crazy Paul cut them out and patched them in.


I had the job of going back over and checking for nails and applying metal patches over the holes and seams that were to wide to leave open.


Crazy Paul Checking my work.
As you can see we are not even half done with the upper roof.

There was a lot of rotten deck boards to replace and we also had to add more nailers in some places.