The materials for the roof were delivered on Monday, the 13th!! I took a day off from the whole packing/moving business because I wanted to be there when the delivery truck got there. Curtis was outside working and I was in the kitchen with a sketch pad and a pencil, drawing up something that might look like a laundry room some day. It was such a thrill to hear that truck come up the hill..... this is when the fun really begins.
Curtis ordered 110 sheets of sheathing, and 54 square (5400 sq ft) of shingles and tar paper, and all the other odds and ends needed to do a roof. Our shingles are "Weathered Wood" colored, supposed to be very neutral, since we haven't decided 100 percent on the color of siding.
The next day, Curtis and Travis started removing shingles on two sections of the roof...... there are thirteen different sections total!! They found that the old original section of the house had two layers of shakes (wooden shingles) and a layer of asphalt shingles.
Almost two weeks later, they are still working on that roof...... it is about a third of the way done, the hardest part. Curtis comes home every day and tells me he can't wait to get that roof done, because it is "really high, and really steep."
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| Two layers of shakes and a layer of asphalt later, down to the beginning. |
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| On three layers of scaffolding, with harnesses (yeah!!)..... putting on the very first of the new shingles, with many, many more to go. |
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| The one single thing that has Curtis the most excited about this roof is that it is HIS roof, and he can make it as perfect as he wants to make it. |
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| Roofing is a very messy job..... you should see the ground around the house. If you stop by, don't park in the circular driveway and be careful where you walk..... there are nails everywhere. |
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