Helping bro redo part of his roof...are we both pretty clueless....yep...but with he power of YouTube and annoy the heck out of the hardware store guys well figure it out I guess , got the shingles off ...now to try and get 20years with of nails and three layers of felt off

You got a roof scraper?

Should have just put new shingles over the old ones.

Got a flat head shovel

Roofing is never fun

Seen lots of roofs with 2 layers of shingles, sometimes 3, lol...at least it's an easy roof...

I think most localities allow 3 layers of shingles.

Ripping up old lathing to put in plywood fun fun fun, he said I'm a bit of a slave driver

Codes are a bit of a suggestion round these parts lol

Any treasure in the attic.....? ......dead bodies?

Good time t clean out the attic with this easy access!

Any rain in the forecast?

You boys being that deep into it may want to just consider tin at this point if you haven't bought shingles yet.

Yep!

Wer only doing this side since nothing. Else leaks but he already bought the shingles and another 12 sheets off wood this morning. We got it almost completely done as far as bare wood . Other buddy is coming with the screws and extra nails... Really wish buddh told me to bring my tools though could have been done a lil sooner but been going to play musical batteries with the saws lol

Why did you takeoff The one by? Must’ve been rotted ?
And there is easier ways to take off shingles
I’d liked Roofing.

Take what off one by one ? Also don't forget non of us as really don't any roofing so

But it's all rolled up buddy cam with the hardware not for the fun

Are you replacing with real plywood? Are you using that white cracker board stuff? (osb)
How much is Plywood down there?

Why do you have bars on every window?
I have bars on my shop windows, just asking.

Us northern guys learned a long time ago. Put ice and water in that Igloo water cooler, and it is cooler and tastes better then dragging around that clear gallon jug all day. G.

Used to be around here 2 layers of wood then 3 layers of asphalt, when that went bad throw some steel over all that and you’re good to go.

Wolfdog , you're wearing me out. One minute you're making grub for the boys on the boat and installing a moon scope on a Mosin Nagant. Then you're building rabbit hutches for your adopted rabbit family. And now, with hardly a break you're off somewhere roofing houses.
I can barely keep up with you.

You don't have any Mexican roofers around there. They fly in like a swarm of bee's and done gone.

Sooooo it got ... interesting, end up deciding we needed his uncle tractor to get the plywood up , so we walk over there and end up helping him build some of his new metal building in exchange for borrowing it


But got that done and got the tractor and again realized we had now clue how to put this stuff on....buuut we all said if meth heads can do we can , so some Google and we got up the first 12sheets and we ran out of light but no rain for a week or so so what can ya do.

The haters will say it's all fake news seriously though I get bored easy and 20days on a boat makes you a lil anxious

Why do you have bars on every window?
I have bars on my shop windows, just asking.[/quote]

Was his grandmas place so maybe a security thing ? Know a lot of older single women get them installed, my grandma did

Whatever this stuff is , was like $390 for these 12 sheets

more attic vents , as long as none leak almost impossible to have too many

I like your style

I may not know how to do something but I don't let that stop me either. Figure it out and get to work

About the bars, looks like they left the one window accessible?

Either wanted a way to get in when they locked themselves out or wanted a dedicated entry to pile up the invaders as they try to come in

It’s hard to tell from your picture, but the ends of the plywood should be centered on the rafters. That way they but up flush and are fully supported.

^^^^^^This is correct. The trouble is older houses aren't built with today's dimensions. Looking at the pictures the rafters are not 24 inches on center. The options when I was "volunteered" to help jobs like this were cut all the plywood to fit, or add supports. That was the most feasible option. So we added 2X8's flat in between the rafters where the seams of the plywood were. Couple or three per sheet of plywood. Rafters were open so was the fastest fix. screwed them in from both sides. Wolfy the 2X8's resembled rungs on a ladder if you can't picture what I am saying. G.

Those rafters look tired

Around here code is for the outer 2' of plywood to be pressure treated. Good idea for rainy climates.

Yeeeep exactly, some of them where 24" wide some 28" some 30 they look amazing too lol


And we did actually end up doing that with the cross braceing

Yeah when your broke and have a bunch of boomers always complaining about you generation be in ng lazy but never actually helping it tends to make us like that lol. The whole friend group is like this actually
We all either know a lil something because we did it on a job ,went to school for it or grew up doin it , that combined with the powder of Google and well we end up not doing too bad usually lol and idk about the window lol

Hey...lots of paths to the top of the mountain, and most work good enough, most of the time....but, the edges are still not supported and will flex....instead of fooling with the bracing I think I would have added extra rafters, being it was all exposed it would have been easy. But what's done is done...

Good job.My building days after my new den are about over with.More fishing planned this coming summer

I mean if you wanted to loan us the money .....

LOL, How many would you have needed?, even a 2x4 rafter would work for that,

Like I said, what's done will work, but in for a penny, in for a pound...