The plan today was to work on getting the underlayment on the dormer roof - today was dry but the forecast is for rain tomorrow.
However, switching gears from all the work we've been doing to the next phase always takes awhile. Jim had to bring up his air compressor - which then didn't work well, which is another issue. We had to bring up all the other tools and the drip edge that Jim had made previously.
Jim had to take up all of the tools he would need up the ladder and get strapped in.
The first job was to attach the drip edge to the bottom of the dormer roof. Sounds easy enough until you think that you have to practically be standing on your head on a sloped roof in order to make that happen. Plus he had to use his rope and almost rappel down and then try to work like that. It was extremely difficult and frustrating for him, not to mention really taxing on his body. It didn't help that it was really windy when he was working like this.
Putting the drip edge into place - but then he couldn't see the edge or exactly what he was doing. More than once he took off a section that he wasn't happy with once he could see it from down below. He will attach the drip edge with the stainless steel nails that are on their way, but for now he just used his stapler to tack them into place.
Once he got the drip edge on the bottom, then the fun really began. Imagine trying to unroll and attach the sticky ice guard membrane in this position! I felt so bad for him and there was no way I could help. He had to work so close to the edge and it takes two hands to unroll, peel the paper, attach it - really scary stuff.
Continuing down the bottom course...
Whew...the first course is just about done.
Working on the second course was slightly easier just because he wasn't so close to the edge. Besides all the perils of putting this on the roof, it was actually a good day to work with membrane - not too hot that it sticks to everything but not too cold that it won't stick at all. Jim did use his stapler to attach the membrane after he stuck it on just to make sure it sticks in the cooler temperatures.
After the second course, we switched to the other type of underlayment...
Jim would give me the measurements of both the membrane and the underlayment and I would cut them. In the beginning, he was having to unstrap, come down the ladder and get the pieces. I finally talked him into letting me carry the pieces up the ladder when he was ready for them to save his legs from having to go up and down. Jim hates for me to have to use the big ladders any more than possible but I was glad I could help a little.
Because Jim will be using his nail gun to attach the roof shingles eventually, he had to be careful to make the locations of all the rafters on top of the underlayment. Obviously he won't be able to tell where they are when it's all completed and he would ruin his gun if he shot into steel. (Smart husband - always thinking ahead!)
This underlayment isn't sticky - he was able to roll it out and then staple it down. Still not easy on a sloped roof, of course.
Working on the last course!
All the underlayment is in place!
Then Jim put the drip edge on the side of the roof...
...and on the other side.
He brought up his new cap stapler to give it a try - and it worked really well! That was a relief - when he first got it, he used it a little bit and it didn't work great. The caps on the staples will prevent any wind ripping the staples and then the underlayment.
Even though it was getting pretty dark, while he was up there, he continued putting more caps down. He probably got about half done so that's great.
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