Putting a new roof on my barn

Or what did you do last weekend ?

The south side of the roof on my barn was not looking so good after about twenty years in the weather.

 

So on Friday morning I bought nine bundles of shingles to redo that upper pitch of the Gambrel roof that faces south and gets baked the worst by the sun .

I moved each ninety pound bundle four times before they were on the roof . . .

 

See that bend in my back ?

 

Its pretty much permanent now , and this is what it looks like on a good day . . .

But if the roof is to get done . . . 

I don't really have a choice . . .

 

And that's why I hurt . . .

. . . and my legs tremble .

But I'm hiding the ugly

 

Are we having fun yet ?

 

By four thirty on Friday I had the south pitch done .

I will tear into the ridge cap in the morning .

Time to quit anyhow as the sun has set and I can't see much

 

After licking my wounds and sleeping on it overnight I figured I might as well get the north side done too while I was at it . 

So Saturday morning I ran back to Lowe's and got another nine bundles of shingles plus one for the ridge cap and  hefted them up the ladder . 

That was a total of 1890 lbs moved four times from the store stack to the top of my barn .

 

By sunset on Saturday I got the north side top pitch done .

I'll dig into the ridge cap in the morning . .  didn't I say that on Friday night ?

Sunday morning I tore the ridge cap and vent off to discover why my shop is always so hot

 

Yea that ridge vent was just decoration . Whoever put it on there did not leave enough a gap in the sheathing boards at the ridge to allow positive airflow .

So I deleted the vent and capped the ridge over

 

By Sunday noontime the roof was done .

 

Then after lunch I cut in and installed a new vent in the back gable .

and a big honking fan to suck the heat out of my shop.

And because that was not enough abuse we also dug up the second flower bed on the front of the house

Sifted all the invasive bulbs and grass roots out of the soil , mixed it with manure . . .

And on Monday I lined the bed with heavy plastic in an attempt to keep the maple roots out , and rebuilt the flower bed .