roofing :: day two

No pics of the roof today because we were working with our backs against the wall with the weather. We awoke at 6am to the sound of rain and thunder. Thankfully, we prepped the roof to resist precipitation by tar papering what we couldn't finish shingling. The weather stormed for a little while, then moved on giving us our window to get back to work. The weather afterward was on-and-off showery, but we kept working knowing that stronger storms were in the forecast.

We finished shingling around 1pm...this after stripping the roof well before lunch yesterday! I was blown away with the speed at which we were working. There were still a few smaller things to polish like the flashing around the chimney as well as finishing the new skylight installed over the bathroom.

Another project involved installing a new exhaust fan for the bathroom. The skylight was installed in the same opening as the original exhaust fan (because it was centered on the ceiling), so I moved the fan over the shower tub and toilet.

My parents and a few others got started installing a three-foot landscape pathway leading from our driveway to the backyard patio. It's looking great so far! Should be able to polish that project by midday tomorrow.

I have to give mad props, too, to the crew that helped clean the yard from all of the trash we were pushing off the roof. Just as amazing as the short amount of time it took to finish the roof was the cleanup that finished around the same time as the roof work. If people found out how fast everyone was working, we might be getting a few calls from people for their own new, fast roof!

Now it's time for homemade lasagna and cheddar bay biscuits in a packed kitchen!