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Ted Wetzel
| | Posted on Monday, November 08, 2004 - 11:58 am: | 
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I did not enjoy being up that high AT ALL!
My repairs didn't go all that great either. All of the nails on my ridge slates had worked themselves loose. I was able to just pull most of them right out with my fingers. I did an OK job of popping new holes for new nails but several times the nails just bounced back at me and refused to go in. Do I need to predrill these? You pros have my admiration.
It's really a shame the way this roof was repaired over the years. It has a good Chapman roof on it but all the repairs were done with soft PA black and face nailed. The ridge is completely tarred and several cracked slates were tarred as well. There's only one minor leak at the moment so I'm sure I can get it back into shape but I was wiped out from three hours of work. Before yesterday I was considering pulling the hole roof off and starting over so that I could do the job right with new valleys, flashing and ridge metal. After yesterday I'm thinking that I was insane to even consider that. Maybe ashpalt isn't such a bad idea after all. Not serious on that but I certainly do have a much greater respect for all roofers and slalters specifically. |
Ted Wetzel
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 09, 2004 - 06:40 pm: |
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Round two today. Did I say I don't like heights? Got the rest of the ridge nailed down and siliconed and pulled out the snow gaurds that were all bent and useless. It is astonishing how such a small roof can have been worked over as badly as this one. This is a classic example where it's going to take me three times as much time to repair someone elses repair work than if they had just done it right to begin with. |
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