Jim worked first on installing the drip edge he made. Although I'm not sure this counts, this was the first time he used one of his nail guns to put the first nails in the building.
Then it was time to install the underlayment. This is yet another membrane product - it serves as ice guard and well as takes the place of tar paper. It has a high exposure rating so it will be fine if we don't get the final roofing on this year.
However, these membranes are hard enough to apply when you are on the ground. Putting it on a very steep roof was a whole other situation.
Jim would call down measurements to me and I would cut the pieces and bring them to him to install. It would have been easier to have another person to hold the other edge like we did before, but Jim did a great job by himself.
Another big issue was that Jim had to take all of the toe boards off from the area where the membrane would go obviously, so there was no place for him to grab on. He had to just rely on the lower toe boards. But having a couple of toes clenching the board while simultaneously trying to place a sticky membrane and pull the backing paper off was not easy.
One nice feature for this membrane was that the backing paper was scored on the back so that Jim could get the top lined up on his chalk lines and then wrestle the bottom paper out from underneath.
Jim is almost standing vertically working on the roof! It was also chilly today with a gusty wind that made it even colder - not the best conditions for roof work.
Getting close to the top...
Yay - this side is all done!
The final product looks really nice - all that hard work was worth it. Plus when we get this roof all covered, it will provide for a dry space below that we can use for storage.
Jim also worked a little on starting to assemble the garage doors. He's really impressed with the quality of these Pella garage doors.
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