Round tile roofing for Rocky and others

Hey Rocky, here are a bunch more pictures of the roof going on. Though today anyway.

https://picasaweb.google.com/crookston.john4/TheTearOffFromHell?authkey=Gv1sRgCJykleirjtyz4AE#5733299330082010594

That didn't work. I will try again

https://picasaweb.google.com/crookston.john4/May202?authkey=Gv1sRgCLm9nPXcnoCODg#5738090931443102418

A few more pics of the latest progress.

We will be going over the job with the MIOSHA inspector tomorrow morning, going over our plans to erect the scaffold on the roof to access the tower. We also have to set up on the ventilation system we are installing and the ice fence. It is starting to move nicely now. I hope the weather will cooperate as it was supposed to rain today and the rest of this week. https://picasaweb.google.com/crookston.john4/May202?authkey=Gv1sRgCLm9nPXcnoCODg#5738090931443102418

Great thread and great pics OS. Thanks

Egg, No problems learning something new on every job. Thanks. I don't know what Copperman thinks of that though. Some of it is a real pain in the ass trying to stay on the roof and not break tiles at the same time. We are making a round section of gutter to replace the smashed segmented stuff that was damaged, but I have to be careful that I don't do so much that I get to pay money to do the job either. I don't need the practice!

https://picasaweb.google.com/crookston.john4/April2627?authkey=Gv1sRgCP3voZ-LxeLLDw#5736274829865305602

The field tile are nailed with 2 copper nails each. It is no fun to replace them, but we make a copper flashing that we wire to the back of the tile and then slip it into place. The flashing has a 90 degree bend at the bottom and it hooks on the top of the tile below to hold it in place. No bloody knuckles~!

I noticed in some of the pics, broken tile out in the field. They must be a real bear to replace with the two screws. Have you found a way to do it that doesn't involve bloody knuckles?

You and your crew do absolutely superb carpentry. imho, if you want your sheet metal work to match your carpentry standard, you need to purchase and use a shrinker/stretcher tool instead of relying on that segmented stuff. He's so close to you now I'd get copperman to come up and old-school you on some of his expertise. From what I've seen, he is to elegant flashing what you guys are to carpentry. Just my two cents on what is unquestionably a superior reroof project you boys have been doing. Never too good to raise the bar just a little bit higher; that's what makes this profession interesting.

We will bend up some pieces of termination bar and install them over the base flashing. it will all be segmented so it will look good. It is a hassle for sure.

OS, what are you going to counterflash that round wall with?.

Hey, here are the pictures I took yesterday. Too busy to post them last night.

https://picasaweb.google.com/crookston.john4/April25?authkey=Gv1sRgCJyk7OzPz8WOvgE#5735702283339699922

Rocky, Don't I know it. I came to the job one morning and the guys were installing the tile from one box and they were all the newer red ones. I made them stop and take off about 50 tiles and "reblende" them. Unless you are right on top of it, it is easy to just install what you are handed without looking at the last four or five tiles in the last three rows to make sure you are not bunching the same color. Some of the darker ones I am sure are stained by the soot from the old coal locomotives from yesteryear, and that does not come off. They will blend as time goes on though.

It depends on the angle of the sun on how much it shows up too. In the late afternoon, you can see that the roof is red. but none of the different shades. An interesting roof for sure.

We worked today resetting the scaffold and working on building a saddle around a part of the round tower to cant the water away from the wall. I installed another valley and a lead top to it to set up for the wall flashing. Now we have to flash the round granite stones. Quite a challenge. I do the detail work and I let the guys fill in the middle.

BTW, nice work John! :)

"I guess if it lasted for 101 years, it is ok."

I find myself saying this sometimes. Then....

I come to the realization that I don't know when the leaks and repairs first reared their ugly head(s). Was it year 3? Was it year 20? Was it year 80? Or horror, year one? :woohoo:

Every day, including a conversation with the client and carpenter today, this came up and I had to ask "Does anybody know when the first issue occurred?"

That, my friends is THE question. :side:

(A little food for thought)

OS, you did such a fine job I certainly couldn't offer you any advice...... except, always an exception. I think I may have sprayed some black primer in an irreregular fashion, to better blend in the new with the old tile. Now, I know it's not baked on but it gives the appearance. The gloss will fade in a couple of months and they might have to repaint in 15-20 years. I've done it many times with detach and reset systems that has a lot of broken tile. Some may not like this idea.

Gosh guys, I never thought of it like that. The original roof was laid like that and we are trying to make it look the same.

They used to have domes like that on top of the high towers too. Evidently they tore them off and just left the hip roofs up there. we are gong to just replace the hip roofs when we get up there.