Jim, Jay, and I put in a long day on Tuesday to finish up the roofing project that has lasted a LONG 26 days! I will most definitely admit that I showed up for the glory shift of finishing the last shingle, but a lot of sweat and man/woman hours went in to completing the difficult job of stripping the roof, sheeting, and insulating in preparation for what was actually the easiest part of the job, laying the shingles! All of these jobs were carried out by a collage of friends and family who willingly chipped in as a small token of payment for the endless contributions Jim and Gloria make to everyone elses lives outside of their own.
After Jay, my step brother, and Jim got the difficult, steeper sections done the day before, the remaining 3 pitches were our task for the day. Now I wouldn't say we are a roofing 'dream team', but with our collective knowledge and strong work ethic, we were a pretty confident and efficient team! With weather threating to shut us down most of the day, Jay talked us into forging on at 4 O'clock to finish the last pitch.
Are we ever glad we did! Shortly after finishing the upper ridge cap the rains came and we got down just in time. The next morning Jim and I headed back up in the rain to finish the final ridge cap above the kitchen. Mom came up on the lift and snapped a few pictures to commemorate the completion of the job with the last shingle being placed. So....26 days later, roof is complete! Well, almost. Jim's sattelite still needs to be installed which is probably the most important part of the job!
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| Finishing the upper roof |
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| The master in action |
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| The second master/motivator |
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| The garbage/cleanup master |
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| Nearing completion |
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| Group shot |
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| Exhausted but happy to be nearing the end |
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| Father and son in their element |
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| Putting on the upper ridge cap. Man was it humid!! |
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| Haven't worked this hard in months....or was that years....??!! |
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| The invaluable lift |
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Mom coming up for finally inspection and photo op |
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| The final shingle!! |
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| Beauty and the lift |
