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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