The Roof Is Complete!

December 19, 2024

As 4 o’clock rolled around, we noticed the roofers were starting to put away their tools.

Please excuse the blurriness of the picture below. The picture window had some light reflection from somewhere.

We no longer heard hammering or other work on the roof.

Several men focused on getting their tools loaded up, while others focused on the final clean up. They did a wonderful job on the clean up.

The job boss knocked to let us know they were done. We talked to him a bit and he mentioned the main part of the roof had great decking. It didn’t have any problems. The garage roof did. The decking had rotted out about a foot back along the front edge. The job boss thought that may have been caused by the shingles not extending far enough and water was able to wick back under them.

We were also told the Corning inspector would be out with one of them in a bit to make sure everything was done correctly.

Bruce was appalled by how easy the shingles came up as well as the tarpaper. The tarpaper was brittle and not sticky at all. We are just lucky we didn’t have a “straight line wind, since that would’ve torn the shingles right off,” according to the job boss.

In an odd coincidence, the job boss mentioned he had been a roofer for 42 years and he just turned 60 in June. Bruce said he just turned 60 in June on June 29. The job boss said, “No way, my birthday is also June 29” and Bruce and the job boss said “1964” together.

We thanked everyone and wished them a Merry Christmas.

Then, as if they were a wagon train of old, they rolled off into the sunset.

We managed to get pictures of the fully completed roof before the sun went completely down.

The relief I feel from no longer having to worry about the roof is huge.