The front of the barn roof was pretty well trashed, and the back side had been roofed in 1 x stock with gaps, so after the rotted boards were replaced the entire roof was skinned in half inch plywood. Total elapsed time from ladder set-up to the last shingle? About five minutes. Anyway, two days for both roofs.
Next project falls on Matt and Chris’s shoulders. I can’t wait to send them into the basement to cut up the old oil tank.
That’s fast! Daughter Katie is shingling roofs down there in Thibodeaux, and I think it takes them about a week to shingle a roof–simpler roofs, too. (It’ll be a while before those kids are up to the speed of pros. And they take much more precautions about falling off.)
Their safety precautions consists of sneakers and a rope. The roofers (Guatemalans without piercings) danced around on slopes mountain goats would love.
ummm… i was trying to think what old oil tank you could have been talking about.. and then i remembered that big black tank hiding in the corner.. how exactly do you cut something like that up. and how do you know we have to cut it up, if i got down there dont you think it should be able to get back up? anyway, we shall see
Will this be another epic like the Raising of the Tub?
You remember the tub. That’s the last hairy thing the older guys may ever undertake, which is why I’ve plans to film Matt and Goose carrying on the tradition.
It woulda taken the (now retired?) canoe crew a couple of weekends to re-roof just the barn–with a sea of blue tarps to ward off the rain in between…
Amazing.
now retired? what a bunch of pansies
Dan’s searching for company so he won’t feel so old. Some of us are still going.
Touche.