Shingles

Started off the week with a few preliminary things and finishing touches. Here Gavin and Kelley are getting the first layer of trim on the peak edge installed...

...and the roof sheathing that got started last week is now complete!

That means it's time for shingles!!! I love roofing. I didn't get to help roof the last addition because I was pregnant, so for obvious reasons Matt didn't think I should be climbing around on an 8:12 pitch roof! But that wasn't a concern this time around, so I got to help with the shingles. We started on the shorter (west) side of the roof, accessed from the flat roof.

Gloria and Ebenezer were able to help us by unpacking shingles and passing them up to us. Mostly, they just love spending time on the flat roof!!!

I don't have a lot of process photos because I was working! But here you can see that Matt is climbing down after getting everything finished that can be finished without removing the harness brackets from the ridge.

So then onto the long side!! This is a fun kind of roof because it's all just straight lines, no cutting until you get to the edges. I wish a had a photo, but at one point Matt had to leave for a meeting, so I got the nailer, Rinnah sat on a foam pad at the bottom edge of the roof and passed shingles up to me, and Eben and Gloria climbed up the ladder to feed shingles to Rinnah! My only problem was being unfamiliar with the nailer (as most roofs Matt and I have done have been with hammers!) so I couldn't reload the nails! Korey kindly showed me how a few times until I got the hang of it.

This is the only action shot I have of me up on the ridge sliding shingles down to Matt.

The weather was PERFECT until the very last day, and we ended up installing the ridge vent and cap shingles in chilly drizzle, but to have only one day like that and at the END is not bad at all!! One big piece done!