Hal and I got to start the roofing yesterday. The winds picked up for a while in the afternoon but we managed to get the first 2 pieces up though the second isn't screwed done everywhere. The sheets are 21'8" long and 39" wide. Getting them up there without kinking was an interesting exercise. We used rope to curl it in 3 places to prevent any chance of kinking then set one end on an old tire and pivoted it to the roof edge. Hal then pushed it up enough that I could stand under it and hold it over my head till he got on top of the roof to grab it and pull it up the rest of the way.
First he laid down a sheet of radiant barrier which will reflect heat away from the attic. That is the first piece of steel on his left ready to go on top.
After the barrier was stapled down we dragged the first piece of steel to butt up against the edge of the house and he screwed it in. I had already pre-drilled the holes while it was sitting on the trailer in the wooden jig he had made which had indicators for each line of screws.
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| First sheet finished! |
Having done it once it was a little easier to get the 2nd sheet up, it overlaps the first by a couple inches.
There will be 4 sheets per section, so 24 on the garage, plus possibly 2 more partial ones at the end where it overhangs.
Today Hal is only going to finish putting in the screws on this sheet as the winds will be picking up again though the afternoon. We have hope that once we start again, Monday perhaps? We will be able to put up 4 sheets a day.
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