As mentioned on my radio shows, the house here in Pennsylvania which I inherited from my mom, needs a new roof. The Roofers arrived at about 7:00 AM this morning, along with the 30 yard dumpster for construction debris.
Getting the dumpster down the curved driveway onto the property seemed like it was going to be tough, but the truck driver was from Brooklyn, NY (originally) and got it down onto the property like a pro!
Next, a couple vanloads of roofers arrived - even girls!
They strapped-on their hammers, took their tools up ladders, and began taking off the old roofing shingles. They spread tarps on the ground to throw the debris for easy clean-up, and began throwing the removed shingles onto the tarps.
They had a third of the house cleared in short order and then began removing the 1/2" plywood roof itself; right down to the rafter joists!
By 8:30, two thirds of the house had no plywood roof!
Just before 8:30, the delivery truck from the lumber company arrived with 56 sheets of 5/8" plywood, plywood clips, and nails. The truck had its own fork truck attached to the back and the driver used that fork lift to bring the lumber down to the job site.
Incidentally, the plywood clips go on the ends and sides of each sheet of plywood and act as spring-spacers to leave about 1/4" gap between each sheet of plywood, so when the roof heats-up, and the plywood expands, there is no buckling of the roof!
As you might guess, this is a really busy morning here.
Thankfully, clear blue skies, gentle breeze, cool temperature . . . good work weather.
The two satellite uplinks for my radio show have to come off the old roof, so the new one can be installed. They won't be back for a few days, so one of the "fail-overs" for my radio show will be out of commission until they're back, but the show still has cable modem and cellular fail-over. I expect the show will air just fine.
I have a bunch of pictures, but am hesitant to put them online. If I do, I have to remove the EXIF data which specifies location, so it's a hassle to do. Might do it later, we'll see.
More later . . . .
