Bryan was somewhat disappointed that we didn't get as much done as he had hoped but I told him it was definitely not his fault that I just didn't have any gas left to really put in a 100% effort. So we got about 2-3 squares done but the most important part was getting the valley weaved in. I wasn't really sure how to go about doing that and he did 75% of it and left the rest for me to finish. We quit about 6:00 pm as I just could do any more work and was ready to collapse.
So Monday comes and now it is only my wife and myself. The two coil roofing guns I had borrowed from another friend both croaked on Sunday so i had to go and buy a new one so that both of us had a nail gun to use. I bought a Max Super Roofer based on Bryan's advise and it was really a nice coil roofing nailer. So we got a little late start about 11:15 am. but we worked the whole day until dark and both of us were pretty shot.
We got up bright and early on Tuesday morning and got right to it again although I did have to run and rent a couple of step ladders to setup a short scaffold on our porch roof to reach the second story roof and get the first few courses started. That worked out very well and made it very easy to get on to the roof and move stuff around etc. The biggest problem I had was that because it was only my wife and I doing all of the work I had to do all of the heavy lifting i.e. moving the ladders and 16' OSHA planks and set everything up before we could get to work on each section of the roof. This made for some very sore muscles and seriously sapped my energy level. But I soldiered on as they were calling for rain on Wed. and it was Tuesday and we still had a significant amount of roof to cover.
To shorten the story sorry for the lengthy message we got back to work early Wed. morning and the both of us were able to completely cover the roof before the rains came which was a huge relief for me as I was pretty stressed out on Tuesday. I only have to put the ridge caps on which i will probably do tomorrow as it was too windy today to be screwing around 25+ ft. in the air on a 8/12 pitch roof. We are both pretty pleased with our accomplishment although I would not recommend someone who is 48 yrs. young to attempt this knowing what I know now. It was a much bigger job than i had envisioned, the shingling was the easy part the ripping and moving stuff around part is what really did me in. next year the other half of the roof will get done as well as the garage/mancave which leaks like a sieve. It will be a much easier project as those two roofs are much lower and the garage is a straight forward roof with no valleys or crazy stuff. The other roof has many valleys and ridges plus a chimney to deal with so that will be a little more work but I am confident now that we can get it done without any problem.
