Tearing Off a Shake Roof, New Deck and Shingles

I'm looking at a job where there's a wood shake roof with two shingle roofs (4 layers/2roofs) over it. It's just one side of a house, about 8 or 9/12, just a bit beyond walkable, with a small dormer. About 8 square.

There's a rectangular flat s>>>

that sounds like every job i have done this year. up to 8/12 isn't too bad. over 8/12 gets difficult on the sheeting. i would guess with 3 guys it would take us about 3 days. and we do a lot of these.

tear off from the top, 16d's wont bite anything>>>

well i hear ya there GAK....done that, but only one whole, on of the first jobsi ever did for where i work now i did that, felt like a reallllllll jackassssss>>>

One thing that I learned a while back. If there is a finished ceiling up there, make sure the help doesn't store the roof hooks on the roof back putting the flat end of the hook between the skip sheeting. Had a guy punch half a dozen holes through drywal>>>

wow guys this roof isn't that crazy he said it is 8sq! scaffolding for 8sq job. like this the ground clean up was can be done completely by ONE guy in 3 hours (that is off the same kinda job we just did recently) and the other three sheathing/roofin>>>

This roof typically can be done with 2-roofers 2-laborers.....1st day the 2nd day will require 2 roofers for about 4-5 hrs each.....for a total of about 5 man days to complete....round up to 6 man days, then begin working your bid off the lab>>>

If you can get something in the shape of an L and hook it on the side of the shakes it a lot easier.Here we could get a piece of pipe bent for that and you stick it between the battens and rip those shingle>>>

We have a lot of scaffolding and I would set it up along the bottom to give me some place to dump the debris on and also to give me a place to stage the plywood or OSB. I am assuming that you are talking about wood shingles and not the heavy shakes. If>>>

just did a roof like this about two weeks ago. small but time consuming. it took 3 guys 1.5 days. basic tools, hammer, rippers ect not that much more involved than your normal roofing job.. plus its small. but what i would do with the attic is is make>>>

That sounds like a nightmare,i am asumming that it's a two floor building, i think the labour cost is going to huge, to rip the shake, i'd use pitch forks they work alot better than you average rippers, roof jakes come to mind just to set a working stag>>>

lol........I was thinking exactly the same thing when I came in and read the thread. Wait 'til summer and make sure there is a garden hose so you can do the old nasal passage flush out thing at the end of the day>>>

OOOOOO..oh..blackbuggers blam balam.....OOOOOO..oh.. blackbuggers blam balam Sing it in the tune of black betty bam balam. This was always our tune when we did one of these. We always tore shingles off first, then worked east and west on the shakes they s>>>

Remove the shingles with a torch. They come up easily after they are lit on fire. :laugh:>>>

Generally, I like to try to have the nails/staples come up with the shakes. It might take a little bit longer to remove them that way, but it will save time dealing with nails later and cut down on splitting the shakes and mess. If there's shake liner,>>>

As far as sheathing it. If you can walk it, start from the bottom. I like to start at the ridge on steep roofs and work my way down. Reason be is that I can use the skip sheathing as a ladder . No slipping on saw dust either.>>>

If you have truck access on that side, I would just start at the top with pitchforks and tear off the layers of shingles first. If you can get in the attic, you can pop the shakes off with a 2x4 or something . Just start at the top and work your way down>>>