Saturday’s weather forecast didn’t look or sound so good from the reports I had gotten. Driving to work all week the Channel 7 Meterologist Bill Evans (on PLJ) ket reminding me that Saturday was the worst day of the week. Rain showers off and on.
Ughhhh. That was bad news because Hubby and I were supposed to go to our friend’s house and help them put a new roof on their house. You can see how rain all day would be bad for new roof application right? I called Jen and she assured me that she was using her “positive thinking” and that her weather forecast said only a 10% chance of rain. I guess it is possible that 45 minutes away would have a completely different forecast.
Apparently breakfast was at 7AM at their house and work began at 8AM – we showed up at 8:50AM. The truth of the matter is that is dang early and both Hubby and I would be zombies if we even attempted to be at their house for that time. Just keepin’ it real folks!
Hubby got to work right away assessing the “shingle removal” process when we got there. He stayed on the ground for a good portion of the morning with half of the guys. They had a lot os shingles to carry/haul/drag to the dumpster.
(By the way cast of characters include: Hubby, Dave #1, Dave #2, the other Gary, Bob, Rob, Jeremy, and John.
I hung out with Jen, her mom, her sister, and the little butter bean! The little butter bean was chowing down on some turnips – yumm?
The man of the house decided he was enough of a mountain man to only wear a t-shirt, and shorts in the 50 degree weather. It was quite overcast and windy I don’t know how he wasn’t chilled to the bone.
(Sorry I didn’t get a picture of those sexy legs he was showing off – woo woo!!
Our friends had to get two permits. One for the work on the roof ($35) and one for the dumpster they had to rent ($15 for permit, $450 for dumpter rental). The dumpter was definitely needed and they loaded it up pretty well. There was no getting around the need for it.
They finished scraping off all the layers of old shingles and rolled out the tar paper. Although it was overcast the rain was holding off and that was a good thing.
Then it was time for lunch. 5 pizzas, 2 orders of garlic knots hit the spot and the men were ready to get back up there. Dave #1 was the driving force of the day with the most experience both in roofing and rallying the troops. Jeremy was the work-horse of the day carrying 60-70lb packs of shingles up the ladder and onto the roof. I think the general consensus was that “He is a machine!”. All of the other guys did their part wether it was assisting with cleanup, handing shingles to the installers, nailing, going to Loews two (or was it Three?) times. It was great that they were all there to help get the job done.
(I climbed up the ladder to deliver a blade for a knife and whipped out my camera to get a up close and personal view of the newly laid shingles. I am pretty sure this is when the nail gun became jammed – how many first time home owners does it take to un-jam a nail gun?
It was late and dark (I think it was maybe 7PM or 8PM – i lost track of time) when the roof was finally finished so there isn’t a completed photo. It does look really great however, so imagine it in your mind! LOL I am glad the rain held off – thank goodness for Jen’s positive thinking. And, I am glad the roof was completed so they can sleep well at night.
I didn’t even help with the process but PHEWW what a big job!