5.31.2016 - Starting on the dormer roof!

Jim worked on more scaffolding this morning - went up even higher.

He did more flashing work on the roof connections too and made another piece of drip edge.  Then he made the first trim board for the back.

Cutting the trim board for the dormer side...

All primed and waiting to dry!

While paint was drying, Jim put up more scaffolding.  He brought up the frames to the apartment and then took them out the big window.

Whew...getting scary, scary high!

Once the paint dried, Jim installed the trim board.

Time for a little touch up of all the primed parts!

Jim then brought up the drip edge...

Installing the drip edge...

These first few rows on the dormer roof are among the scariest things that Jim has to do.  So he moved his hook to attach the rope for his harness.

Starting to measure and mark lines for the first courses...

This is why this is so scary...Jim has to work facing downwards with the ground 30' underneath him!  He can't get the same look to get things lined up perfectly, he needs more hands to help hold everything - it's all just hard.

For a few feet, he's able to work off the scaffolding which makes life better.

But then it's back to working upside down.

Pictures of the progress on this roof are going to be tough - there aren't a lot of good angles for pictures.  Jim took this one as he was getting off the roof for the day.  What's really scary is that this view of the scaffolding is as Jim sees it from working on the roof.  If you look at the previous pictures, you see how high that scaffolding tower really is! 

 

High 80/Low 53

 

5.30.2016

Hopefully everyone had a safe Memorial Day and took some time to remember and honor all those brave men and women who paid the ultimate sacrifice so that we could enjoy our freedom.  As I'm writing this, the Memorial Day parade is going on - small town USA at its finest!.

We had rain last evening but today was a beautiful day.  Jim did a lot of work this morning - he got the back side fascia plate on and all the rafter ends connected.  Then he was able to put up the plywood ridge board in the right place.

Kind of a dark picture...this was an interesting piece - the angle for where the wall and the roof section meet at the top of the roof.

Working on step flashing and shingles...

Putting up the plywood backing up to the roofline.

I marked and predrilled the primed 2"x8' boards - here Jim is bringing up the board and putting it into place.

Getting it fastened down...

Since it was a holiday, we decided to take a break from our normal routine and do some lawn work.  We've been waiting for it to rain so today was a perfect day.  First, Jim cut the grass near the areas we were going to work on.

Doing some back dragging...

Filling in a few low spots with our top soil - which of course meant some rock work!

More grading...

Then we put down some grass seed and Jim did a little raking in certain spots.  We just want to get some more grass growing in certain spots to help with erosion.  The work we've previously done as done a good job - the area along the driveway looks pretty lush!

 

High 83/Low 58

 

5.29.2016

The last two days have been record-breaking temperature days - we'll have to see if today's temps broke another one - but a light rain was moving in as we were getting ready to come home.  We haven't had rain in quite awhile so we can use some.

Jim worked this morning on getting things ready for roofing - he got another piece of drip edge made, the last piece of flashing worked out and installed, and a bunch of shingles cut.

So after lunch, he was able to get back on the roof...

Next roof jack...

Bringing up the last piece of drip edge for this section...

Continuing upward...

Last roof jack!

Working up the roof...

End-of-the-day picture...Jim won't be able to put up too many more shingles - next challenge will be to incorporate the trim boards on the gable side into this roof section.

 

High 87/Low 65

 

5.28.2016

Another hot day - too hot to be doing roof work and all the ups/downs that Jim has to do in the course of the day.  Plus, the apartment is about the same temperature as the outside, so not much relief there either - although it's always good to be home!

Jim worked this morning on designing and making all the different pieces of flashing for around this corner...this is the end product so far - there's one more piece to come later on.

 

There's a lot of cutting on this side too but at least they are straight cuts and not valleys.

Now that the corner is figured out, Jim can continue working up the roof...

Roof jack time...

Continuing up...

Time to make more step flashing...

Continuing upward...

Time for another roof jack...

Making the next piece of drip edge...

 

...and installing it.

End-of-the-day picture...

 

High 88/Low 63