A 51 year old shingle roof we did.

I am sure my dad roofed this one in 1961. I probably worked on it, though I would have been about 9 at the time. We are going to redo the built in gutter assembly and then install a new roof come spring. The granules fell off years ago, but the felts were strong enough to keep out the water all these long years.

They used to make asbestos felts for base flashings on built up roofs and they were stronger than hell. These shingles were made with those same felts, to get the class A fire rating when all others were class C. Brings back a lot of memories. I hand nailed several thousand squares of these till they stopped making them in the early 80's. The GAF Fireguard was about identical at that time. https://picasaweb.google.com/crookston.john4/51YrOldRood?authkey=Gv1sRgCPW-gNuq_M64Lg#5836073488791231842

We finished shingling the other day, and cleaned up today. We still have to finish the soffit work and new aluminum fascia. It came out nice. [url] https://picasaweb.google.com/crookston.john4/OaklandDriveFinishedRoof?authkey=Gv1sRgCImE0PXApPDiLg#5864621468387663234[/url]

This reminds me of a project that we did many years ago, We went and estimated a 600 sq coal tar pitch gravel roof that was around 75 years old I told the building owner that most of the roof covering appeared in fair to good condition, but there was an area that need to be replaced I gave him a price for the reroof and he choked lol his comment was they sure don't make the roof coverings like they used to lol wow 75 yrs old and onl about 25 sq replacement due to a faulty flashing they had done maintenance yrly until around 5 years before the problems started, a good installation and proper maintenance on flat work will keep them alive lol

25 year titanium on the main areas, and a Caryle I & W on the bottoma and in the valleys. They will stick as soon as it warms up enough. It got to 50 the other day and they were warm enough in the direct sun to almost scar when we walked on them. I took a video with my camera today and I have to see if I can post it on the site using my picasa conection. It should be intgeresting. I videoed my son cutting with the new air cutter.

Looks like a great job, OS. How the hell are you going to get the shingles to stick together in the cold. Those tri-lams are a doozie to cut when their warm let only when their cold. What are you using as an underlayment.

Early April update.

We will have about 80% of the shingles on tomorrow, and one more tear down and set up for the scaffold for the garage. Most of the roofing should be done by this weekend. Hopefully it gets a bit warmer as it was snowing like crazy this morning at 8:00 AM.

I tried to take a video of the cutter working and the battery on my camera was too low. I will try again tomorrow, and post the results. It did clear off and the snow stopped, but the wind chill never got above the 20's all day. BRRR! too cold for the first day of April. It was in the 80's last year at this time. Too warm them. What fun!

https://picasaweb.google.com/crookston.john4/OaklandShingling?authkey=Gv1sRgCJbOjYyanKWaDw#5862038176157856546

Ddub. It has only taken me about 55 years to get the rep I have in this town, and then it is like falling off a log....as long as you can do what you say you can and then do it. It all comes back to being able to communicate to the customer what you are going to do and why. Most people will buy what they think is the best value for their situation, and most of the time, that is NOT the cheapest. In this situation, I am sure it was the most expensive.

Since we are very good carpenters as well as roofers, I can offer to take care of things that most roofers can't. that helps! I treat the whole house also, and that includes the venting, insulation, and the tie ins with the HVAC. We try and head off any problems before they become problems for the homeowners.

The air cutter that we got works great, but it takes quite a bit of air. I can take some pictures, but I think I will just take a video and post it with one of these updates. The Grand manors are a bitch to cut in any circumstance, and when it is in the high 30's, they are almost impossible. We rough cut them with a slate cutter, and then struck lines in the valleys and on the rake yesterday and cut some with the cutter. The areas where the sun had warmed them was a bit easier, and it cuts very clean, but it does take some time. we have to get a large surge tank to balance the volume. it is recommended for 105 pounds of pressure and it takes quite a bit to keep the tool working at it's peak. It vibrates at 18,000 per minute, but when my son tried to pull harder on it, the blade broke. A good tool though. I will keep you guys informed.

Looks good, I'd like to land a few projects like that! Seems like any overhaul I suggest is too far for most homeowners. I'm glad you found someone who is willing to protect their home.

Your gonna have to review that air cutter for us!

We worked again today. I wonder if these will show up. I don't know what happened to the last ones. something is wrong with my Picasa page.

https://picasaweb.google.com/crookston.john4/OaklandDriveSouthSide?authkey=Gv1sRgCO2S-IPlpYKA6QE#5859440796165113970

I forgot to post these picures with the last one. I said last time that we only handle the trash oned. I wonder what that would sound like if I said "once" [url] https://picasaweb.google.com/crookston.john4/OaklandDriveReroofing?authkey=Gv1sRgCIHKhcWb29OB-QE#5853796853664684626[/url]

The cold doesn't bother the knee, in fact I will come home and ice it down at times.

Woody, that is the reason we do it like that too. We did a lot of work before we got to the point where we were roofing it. There was a built in gutter plus another gutter hung on the outside of it that we had to take down and then we had to extend the rafters and install a new fascia etc. We couldn't get the lift or the trailer back there and I hate to pick stuff up off the ground. We tear off and wheel it right to the trailer and only handle it oned. it is a lot easier to keep a clean workplace like that too. No rope tethers in the way and a place to put the shingles as you are working. Oh, that wheel chair I work out of too. That fits up there too.

You know, what really irked me is that I got a blister on my hammer hand from swinging it rather quickly. I have been sitting tooooo long. Got to toughen up.

With that scaffold settup you always put up, you coulda done those three courses from a barcalounger with wheels. B)

How's the cold on that new knee?

Somewhere on this Picasa album I have pictures of the original marks from when we roofed it 50 + years ago. Just like handwriting, you can tell that it was my writing. Nothing has chnaged, and that is a good thing.

Great job! Nice to see someone else who snaps lines. My moto "autograph your work with excellence" looks like thats your moto also. Nice valley work.

We started back on it last week, and have been fighting the weather all the time. I got to start to shingle it. It is going to look good.

https://picasaweb.google.com/crookston.john4/RecentlyUpdated?authkey=Gv1sRgCKP81q2W58SjiQE#5855763592969753426