I took a ride into Lowe's after breakfast to pick up more of our magical Zip tape. Jim wanted to use it today and wasn't sure if he would have enough.
First task today was to take off the rest of the temporary roofing material. Jim had used a lot of Zip tape on the edges and even after close to a year of being up on the roof through all the elements, it was still very sticky and hard to get off.
Look out below!
He used more Zip tape to cover up the nail holes just for extra insurance.
Zip tape all in place...
Making the copper flashing for the top of the dormer roof...
All done - you can see there is a hem at the bottom and the copper laps over on the top section so that water can't penetrate above if there was a strong upwind rain.
Before the flashing, Jim put a row of shingle tabs down first. Notice the ladder on the roof - Jim decided having a ladder on the roof was a little bit safer and easier than playing Spiderman all day long. He fastened toe boards to the top of the roof jack plank to insure that the ladder would stay in place.
Rodin's The Thinker...
Tell me Jim doesn't look just like that as he ponders how all the flashing and shingles will work together!
Once he was happy with everything, he was able to start working upwards...
End-of-the-day picture - looks so good!
Jim cut a little grass at the end of the day before coming inside.
First task today was to take off the rest of the temporary roofing material. Jim had used a lot of Zip tape on the edges and even after close to a year of being up on the roof through all the elements, it was still very sticky and hard to get off.
Look out below!
He used more Zip tape to cover up the nail holes just for extra insurance.
Jim next put beads of caulk in between the shingles at the top of the dormer roof - he will put Zip tape over this area but the tape won't provide a tight seal in between.
Jim redid the very top of the copper flashing on the sides just to bring it up higher underneath the shingle.
All done - you can see there is a hem at the bottom and the copper laps over on the top section so that water can't penetrate above if there was a strong upwind rain.
Before the flashing, Jim put a row of shingle tabs down first. Notice the ladder on the roof - Jim decided having a ladder on the roof was a little bit safer and easier than playing Spiderman all day long. He fastened toe boards to the top of the roof jack plank to insure that the ladder would stay in place.
Flashing in place...
Tell me Jim doesn't look just like that as he ponders how all the flashing and shingles will work together!
Once he was happy with everything, he was able to start working upwards...
End-of-the-day picture - looks so good!
Jim cut a little grass at the end of the day before coming inside.
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