Raising the Roof: Act 2

So the step after hanging "base layer" is hanging propanel.  Really - two simple steps, could it be that easy? 

Hanging tar paper was strategic - we hung only the south side on Saturday and got most of the propanel up over it.  Gratefully the last 12 feet of it stayed put until we got back to work on Sunday.  With not much left to go on the south side, Tom pulled Jennifer to the north side and Daniel joined them in hanging the tar paper there, while Shaun, Mary, Andrea, and I finished the south side.

The propanel is a thin, grooved, and painted sheet of metal roofing cut to the length of our roof.  Tom and his dad prepped it by lining it up nice and tight and drilling holes through the stack.  This made it nice and easy to screw down, and it takes the guesswork out of where to stick your screw.

Pop used the tractor to set the pile in front of the roof and then move it around to the other side when it was time.  Two people slid it off the pile and up to the roof top, where it was dragged into place.  Once we liked where it was at, everyone with a cordless driver whirred through the screws and made short work of each sheet. 

Thomas and Shaun were our muscle men for pulling the sheets up the roof

Walking on the propanel requires good traction.  Thomas turned in his sandals after he slipped around a little.  It made me a lot happier.  Pictures from the ground were inevitably of one thing, but Mary caught some nice working shots.

 Lots of screws going in!

 The weather was beautiful, though the sun on the black tar paper was hot!

even I got in on the action from the scaffolding

When all the pieces were in place, we not so ceremoniously affixed the ridge cap across the top and called it a day!  Shaun, Andrea, and Mackenzie had a drive ahead of them, and Tom and us girls enjoyed some nap time, a couple movies, and some delicious pizza.  It was very satisfying to see the roof up and take it easy.

And lest anyone question our ability to have fun - we did have a great movie night on Saturday.  With sleeping bags, blankets, and pillows, we piled into the Vigil Cinema and watch The Muppets - the newest movie which happens to be Mackenzie's favorite.  We were projected it onto the big white styrofoam wall of the house and enjoyed a lot of laughs.  It was too windy to be outside, but it worked out inside.  Unfortunately my plans for popcorn and all that fell by the wayside, as we'd just finished dinner, and darkness was descending (aside from the full moon that eliminated the need for a flashlight walking outside).

the aftermath in the morning...