More Work on the Game Room Roof

We worked a little bit more on the game room roof demo.  Remember how R has already removed 4 layers (1 layer consists of rubber membrane and a layer of Homosote).  We both thought we were down to just 1 layer of cedar shakes. Well, we were wrong.  It turned out to be 2 layers of cedar shakes.  In total that is a lot of extra weight on that barely sloped roof.

After R removed the last of the shakes, he pulled up 16 ship lap boards that were spaced 4 inches apart for air ventilation which is normal for a cedar shake roof.  These boards have a bazillion nails in them and you know that we keep all usable lumber.  I have 6 more boards to denail and each one took 20 minutes.  

We will reuse these as floor sheathing once we level the sloped roof.  Once that is leveled we can start installing the roof rafters to mimics the roof that is already in place.  The first rafter will take the longest as we need to figure out the angle etc.

I think we will hire out the asphalt shingle install because we have a friend that does that for a living and he can do the entire job in one afternoon or we can take a week.  It just makes more sense because outside work time is running out......FAST. 

Those of you that have followed my blog from the beginning might remember that there used to be a PGA tournament called the Buick Open at the golf course behind our house.  It was a week of craziness with people peeing in my shrubs and driving across my lawn.  This week the PGA Senior Tour Ally Challenge is in town.  So far so good. None of our neighbors are allowing parking so that is keeping the crowd away from our area.  

The only bad part is that the traffic is horrible.  They were at a dead stop in front of our house and so we couldn't leave.  Saturday will of course be busier but I have to remember that at least it is not a hurricane even though it looks like a hurricane blew the roof off of the back of the house.  

I hope that Florence moves back out to sea and the residents of the Carolinas can get back to normal.  Weather can be very dangerous and nothing scares me more than water/flooding.

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