When You Cut A Hole In The Roof........

Well, while I couldn't go into American Red Cross Disaster Relief mode due to the wimpiness of Hurricane Bill, he did prove beneficial late afternoon to this project.

At 5:15pm with Gosling 'Dark and Stormies' in our hands we went out to the porch to watch the rain begin from the Atlantic hurricane that blew out to sea. The rain is coming in skylight #3 and then 10 minutes later #2. Now, there isn't any metal flashing up nor shingles, but still......it would be great to know all the water resistant roof board and seam taping would have done a better job.

So, now we know where our trouble spots are. Thanks Bill!

Caulking

You just can't caulk enough. We're trying to hit things now while we can find the cracks and get them sealed up well before installing the clapboards. Thus ends a fairly productive weekend. Next up - more trim, clapboards, shingles, flashing, and hopefully that monster door!

Securing the Trim

J & B used the screw gun securing the facia board. Now that this piece of detail is up the drip edge for the roof can go on. 85D in the shade led us to postpone shingling until a cooler morning. So far no signs of Bill what so ever.

Skylights are Installed

The last two skylights went in this morning. We still have to add flashing as we install the roof shingles thus the orange tabs that are there to keep the windows from locking in with the frames. They will sit a little lower once that is finalized. Once again, lots of Grace tape to seal everything up. There is a terrific article in Fine Homebuilding that shows just how to install them and uses the same brand that we choose. Very helpful!

Scraping Wins Out

It does seem much better to scrape now before the shingles are installed. Unfortunately the paint spent the winter in the barn and is now a congealed mass that is destined for the dumpster necessitating yet another trip to Lowes.

Taking Shape

So, after Saturday, 4 windows are in and one skylight has been cut out and placed, but not quite completed.

Tomorrow we'll do two more skylights if Hurricane Bill is really far out to sea, and maybe the roof.

Difference of opinion on steps to take on roof prep. Jen wants to chip and paint bad places on higher roofs so that paint chips and paint drips don't ruin the really nice new shingles. But there is that want to..... GET IT DONE! :)

First Skylight In

The skylight is temporarily in place until we get the roof shingles on when we'll add flashing to get a good waterproof seal.