Even from satellite photos it was becoming hard to ignore the condition of the shingles on the shop. My friends all decided that it would be fun to do the job ourselves. I now hate all of my friends! Shingling is not a sport for people in their retired years.
At age 25 my carpenter buddy and I built a new garage in my yard. My dad, FILaw and I roofed it - not bad.
At age 34 my house has 2 layers and needed a roof - 1200 sq ft house. My brothers, buddies and my dad could do it? My dad said to hire a roofer.
Best decision ever.
I'm now 61 YO and my 2600 sq ft ranch needs a roof - pay the man a lot!
My first thought "no it won't!"
I did a reroof exactly one time. Never again
In reply to NOHOME :
Is you ded?
My wife and i did the roof on the previous shop about ten years ago. I hate heights, but we had help and it wasn't too awful.
A year or so ago we let that success trick us into thinking we could do the roof on the new shop, which is much larger and much steeper. We got through 2/3 of it, but when it started to turn into Laurel and Hardy handing a nail gun back and forth half leaning on our safety tethers on the high/steep side, i cried uncle.
It cost so much to farm out finishing it that we saved nothing over farming the whole thing out. With any luck, I'm done with roofing.
I built and roofed a 10x12 shed a couple of years ago. That's all the roofing I ever want to do in my life. Berkeley that noise.
L-R: my dad, my father-in-law and me in 1987. We got a little excited in how it was going then realized we were on a small angle so we had to overlap more. The next roof was a repair where a tree dropped. Last roof ever.
In reply to Shadeux :
Kinda wishing I was this morning, but pretty sure I will live at this point. I think walking on the sloped surface messed with my leg muscles.
All said and done, and no bodies to bury, there is a sense of satisfaction in saying we did it ourselves. Kinda what this whole forum is about.
NEVER again.
Pete
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