08/11: The Roof
Category: General
Posted by: The Agnew Family
When John and Carol were visiting in early October Carol noticed a bubble in the ceiling in the guest bedroom. A bubble in the ceiling is never a good thing. Ed went into the attic to investigate and found evidence of water --- at some point in the recent past water got past the shingles and the wood. Plastic bins were placed in strategic locations and the roofer was called. When the roofer came to look at the roof he told Ed two things --- it's a busy time of the year and would take 2 to 3 weeks before he could put a new roof on and we have a lot of roof. The arrival of the quote emphasized the size of the roof --- our roof is just about equivalent to two bungalows. At least it is in cost.
The "old" roof. The roof didn't actually look too bad but somehow water into the attic through the roof above the windows closet to the front door.
Day 1
It took a day and a half to put a new roof on the house. The crew arrived and were on the roof stripping shingles by 7:30am. They worked straight through till 4:30pm --- we saw a couple of guys eating sandwiches on the roof. Ed and I thought it was funny that last part of the roof to be done was the part that had the leak.
The roof was accessed from the driveway.
The garage roof was changed first.
The shingles from the back of the house were tossed into the backyard and using a wheel barrow were moved to the front of the house.
It was a beautiful fall day --- warm enough that several of the guys were in T-shirts, one guy even took his shirt off.
After the garage was done they moved onto the back of the house.
Day 2
There was rain in the forecast so the crew arrived even earlier this morning --- they were on the roof by 7:15am. As they only had the front of the house to do and cleanup they were done by 11am. Good timeing --- it started raining about 1pm.
It made the inside of the house dark but the wood covering the windows did a nice job protecting them.
The final touches.
The finished roof. I don't think you can see the difference between the old roof and the new in the photos but in person you can. The new roof is much nicer and it doesn't leak!!!
The "old" roof. The roof didn't actually look too bad but somehow water into the attic through the roof above the windows closet to the front door.
Day 1
It took a day and a half to put a new roof on the house. The crew arrived and were on the roof stripping shingles by 7:30am. They worked straight through till 4:30pm --- we saw a couple of guys eating sandwiches on the roof. Ed and I thought it was funny that last part of the roof to be done was the part that had the leak.
The roof was accessed from the driveway.
The garage roof was changed first.
The shingles from the back of the house were tossed into the backyard and using a wheel barrow were moved to the front of the house.
It was a beautiful fall day --- warm enough that several of the guys were in T-shirts, one guy even took his shirt off.
After the garage was done they moved onto the back of the house.
Day 2
There was rain in the forecast so the crew arrived even earlier this morning --- they were on the roof by 7:15am. As they only had the front of the house to do and cleanup they were done by 11am. Good timeing --- it started raining about 1pm.
It made the inside of the house dark but the wood covering the windows did a nice job protecting them.
The final touches.
The finished roof. I don't think you can see the difference between the old roof and the new in the photos but in person you can. The new roof is much nicer and it doesn't leak!!!