Let me tell you something about tearing off shingles: I was very naive. I assumed that if we bought a potato fork (or pickle fork as Chad once called it), that removing shingles would be EASY! Okay, sure, maybe the nice tool made it EASIER (as I can't imagine what it would have been like without one), but it was definitely not EASY. Removing shingles is hard work, people! But, I am proud to say, the girls got up on the roof and stripped shingles with the guys, and we were GOOD at it! Poor Steph had a bad blister on the bottom of her foot, and my back started to get a bad pain in the lower left side, but we stripped and ripped and removed while we grooved! (Of course, you have to have a stereo while you work)!
Cory had finished up removing shingles on the west side of the house Thursday afternoon, and then he and Dad worked on attaching the roof edge and patching soft spots on the roof. Then they laid down the freeze guard and the tar paper. We actually used something a little different called PermaFelt. It is tougher than tar paper, and we liked it a lot better!
Thursday night we also had the shingles delivered. We paid extra to have the shingles brought to the roof for us (to save our backs from having to carry them up a ladder to the roof). However, the delivery guy doesn't actually unload the shingles - he just has a nice easy job of running the crane which brings them up to the roof. We got the lovely job of taking them off the pallet and putting them on the roof. And yet again, the two girls worked right alongside the guys unloading the shingles in our pink work gloves! And I do feel the need to point out that the delivery guy yelled up at Chad and Cory that they needed to pick up the pace because the girls were whooping them...:)
Once Steph and I got as much of the east side of the roof done as we could that night, we all started shingling on the west side of the house. Since it was already dark outside, it was quite a team effort! Cory was on the pump jacks on the side of the house where he would line up the shingles. Stephanie tried her hand at the nail gun and got the first shingles tacked on. After that Chad ran the nail gun, and Steph and I rotated between being Light Girls or handing out tools and more shingles. Kelly also came over shortly after we got started, and then he helped line up shingles and pounding in nails that didn't quite go in straight with the nail gun. We had been hoping to get just the starter strip and first row of shingles on the roof, but we ended up getting a lot more done than that! With all of us up on the roof and in our groove, we figured we might as well keep going. We shut down the production at about 9pm and were very proud of the amount we had accomplished!
Friday, Cory headed back over to the house to continue with the shingling. He was on his own for awhile, and then I took off work a couple hours early and went over to help. Cory and I finished tearing off the rest of the shingles on the east side of the house. Then, while Cory worked on patching bad spots in the roof, I walked around the looked for nails to pull or pound in, and I picked up loose nails. We got the roof swept off and it looked much better!
I took a picture of myself since I usually don't make it into the pictures...:)
Cory likes to live on the edge...
We continued shingling Friday evening, and we called it a night around 10pm. So far, so good!
Saturday morning was time to do a thorough clean-up of the yard, as we had old shingles, tar paper, and nails littering the yard and driveway. One thing we feel very important about is keeping a clean workspace. Not only is it more beneficial to us as we're trying to work, but it also keeps the neighbors happy! We are now on our second Boltes dumpster, and we will fill up a third for sure before the end of the project. I was so busy helping clean up on Saturday that I didn't get a chance to take a picture of the huge pile of shingles in the driveway. Chad and I tackled that pile first, and later when Cory and Steph showed up, we all worked on the perimeter of the house. It was so nice to have everything picked up and swept clean!
Kyle was also able to help us out on Saturday, as it was his day off. He showed up (we could hear his bass coming down the block), and we all got to work. Chad and Steph tackled the stripping of the shingles from the garage, and Cory, Kyle, and I climbed up to the roof of the house and started shingling over there. Cory was the liner-upper, Kyle was the nailer, and I was the shingle layer-outer...:)
After a long hard day on Saturday, the shingling of the house was pretty much done! The west side of the garage was wrapped, and everyone was glad to be close to finished! Dad, Chad, Kyle, and Jenn's brother ventured to the house on Sunday. Dad showed Chad how to finish the caps on the house, and then Kyle and Michael started shingling the garage. Kyle went to the house on Monday and finished the caps on the garage to mark our mission completed. Great job on a big job, everyone!!
Even Jessica was able to get a photo op at the flip house!
A little love to celebrate a job well done! :)
More work has been happening at the flip house this week! Keep checking back for updates on the finishing of the soffit and facia, as well as my project painting Cory's garage door! :)
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