Roof
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 On Friday, September
29th, 2006 Kass painted the final coat on the bay window
Roof, completing the first project on the house!
These pics were taken Saturday morning and have a blue
tint in the shade.
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On the weekend of 9-10-2006 Kass & her dad Fred Kirchhofer patched up the nail holes in the shingle roof we uncovered over the bay window, and replaced the few damaged shingles along the bottom edge and the top row that was removed some time ago. Once we paint the shingles it will complete the roofing for the entire house! We plan on painting it the same burgundy as we used on the Back Wall for the accent trim pieces. |
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We began removing the asphalt roofing from the bay window in the stairs and found the original wood shingles to be nearly all intact underneath! We had originally planned to use the leftover metal roofing to finish this spot, but now we are thinking we may just leave the wooden shingles there and patch what few holes there are in them. That being the case, the roof is nearly done! Just a few replacement shingles and some patches, and the old girl is covered once again! |
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| There
was a forecast of rain this weekend, so Thursday Kass
talked her dad into ripping off the roof on the West side
of the house! |
Luckily
Saturday we were able to get the lower edge on and the
transition piece so we only had to finish the long
straight pieces on Sunday. |
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| Finishing
up on Saturday, it looked so calm and clear, we figured
there'd be no rain after all. |
Just a
small bit of clouds were visible from the west... surely
it wont rain? |
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| Well
overnight we did end up with a slight drizzle, and just
look at the sky! |
Went
from tank top weather to t-shirt and flannel shirt in less
than 12 hours! |
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| The sun
burned off a bit of the clouds, just in time for Kass
& Fred to put in the last screws! |
And now
we have a completed roof on the whole house!!! |
 All angles were cut with
Fred's homemade Angle Table shown above. Sadly, we
do have one last section of roof to do above the stairs'
bay window, but we're sooooo close! :)
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 Don't slip Fred!
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 In June of 2006 we tore
off the lower roof on the back of the house and repaired
the minimal damage there. Once the metal is down
it would be hard to work on this area so we repaired the
soffitts and painted as well.
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 Kassandra touches up the
paint.
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 Her son Rick prepares for
more tar paper.
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Before the roof was too slippery to work on, we repaired the soffitt boards and primed & painted the walls. Above Kassandra works on the soffitt boards and then primes the wall for it's first painting in possibly 50 years or more! Left, Jayden primes boards to go up in the soffitts. He's been a very willing and good helper working on the old house! ................................................................ |
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| On November 16th, 19th
& 20th, 2005 we repaired the roofing on the front of
the house. All the way up there! |
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| Kassandra
and
her dad Fred peeled off the asphalt & wood shingle
roof from the front of the house, laid down tar paper and
put most of the new metal roof on this weekend! |
Here
Fred is peeking around the corner looking at all the mess
left up here. Only a few boards needed to be
replaced, and we were good to go for the new roof. |
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 Here you can get an idea of the bare boards before & after the roofing was put on. Rick's Dad Cliff was able to come up and help on the 16th too. |
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Above
left a shot from inside the Attic after all the old
roofing had been removed. As you can see we had good
weather for working on the exposed roof. Above Kass replaces a board that had water damage after about a century. You can see two of our horses below as she works away. To the left, Kass took a picture of me hanging out the window, which was about all I was good for with a pinched sciatic nerve and a numb foot. :( Hopefully they will save a little roofing for me to do later. :) |
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| As you
can see though, there was quite a mess to be dealt with
before the roofing could go on. |
This
will be used for landfill but some will make good kindling
& firewood for the winter. :) |
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| From
the peak of the roof, here's the view looking
North/NorthEast, looking over our pastures and driveway
towards the mountains. |
Looking
mostly East towards Mt Hood. This will be similar to
the view outside of our Master Bedroom and off the deck on
the East. |
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| Here's
the exposed rear Roof where the Kitchen stove chimney once
stood. It was poorly patched and this was where a
lot of water damage came into the house. |
Here's
a look at just how high up we were working on this
roof. You can see Kass & her dad up on the
ridge. Both of them wore safety harnesses while up
there. |
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| Here's
a look from above at the left and rear rooftops connecting
together. |
View of
the finished rear roof. This was the last side with
severe damage. |
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| View of the finished roof over
Jayden's room, the Bathroom, and half of the Master
Bedroom. |
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| On the weekend of October 11th, 2004, we began putting the tin on the left side of the house, where the worst damage had been suffered. Here, Kass and her dad (Fred) have put on the first row on the flare of the roof. | Kass
always complains I take pictures of the back sides of
people so I included this pic to show her I don't.
:) It's a long way down, I hope they are careful up
there! With my cast on I couldn't help out much. :( |
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| Fred created our own
portable scaffolding unit from one of our tractors and a
ladder. Odd looking, but easier to set up than a
regular scaffolding unit. |
 Our friend Harry Howard
came out to help. He tore off the roofing on this
section over the Living Room & Parlor, and a few
boards we wanted to save as well.
(We really appreciated you coming out Harry!) |
 Kass tearing off the
roofing over the Living Room where the chimney once
stood. The section Kass did and the area to the
left Harry worked on has now had all the old roofing
removed and has the new metal roof put on it.
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