In my post about the 4th of July, I mentioned that we had a pretty bad hail storm come through that evening. Fortunately, our roof had enough damage for our insurance to pay for a new roof! My dad has done roofing on the side for years, and he offered to come and help us do the job ourselves. Here is the house before starting work (notice the white roof)....
Here is Dad (a.k.a. Bob the Builder)
The absolute WORST PART was tearing off the not-one-but-two layers that were currently on our roof. Talk about back-breaking work. Notice the darker second layer Dad is tearing off in this picture....
All of the shingles had to be thrown off of the roof into the roll-off we rented for the job. This part was also a ton of fun.
Here is a view of the roll-off from the roof after we finished tearing everything off. After I took this picture, we filled it even further with other trash and junk that had been sitting in our back yard since we moved in three years ago.
Here are Dad and Andrew rolling out the felt paper....
Laying out the shingles and happy to get a picture of what the finished product would look like.
We even managed to tear off and re-shingle our shed in the back yard.
When it was all said and done, it took us 8 days to complete the job. Dad, Andrew, and I did most of the work with a little help from our good friends, Troy, Stephanie, Corey, and Blythe. Thanks, you guys, for helping us out so much!!! We had completely dry, hot weather the entire time which was super helpful. We ran into a little snag on Day 6 when our neighbors behind us had their house re-roofed in 5 hours. FIVE HOURS!!!! I literally would not have believed it possible if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes. It was rather depressing and demoralizing if I do say so myself. Anyhow, we are thrilled to have it done, and we love how it looks!
Saying good-bye to Poppy....
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