ryanbp01 wrote:How do you get the work supports of of the roof? I don't know anything about shingle roofs. My house roof is all standing seam metal and the garage roof pitch is low enough that such supports were not needed.
BPR
Ryan,
The roofing brackets have slotted holes that are angled upwards. You nail them into the roof just above your next course of shingles and run the shingles right over them. When complete you just use a hammer to bang them upwards and they disconnect from the nails. Then you just slide them out from underneath where they were fastened. The nails stay in the roof and are covered up by the shingles thereby alleviating any leaking problems. They were a life saver literally and I have left a set on the roof so that when I go back up there to finish capping off the peaks I can put down the planks again for safety.
Michael Mayo
Senior IT Support Engineer
Soft Designs Inc. albiemanmike@gmail.com
1960's SS Mark VII, 1954 Greenie, 1983 Mark V, Jointer, Bandsaw, Jigsaw, Dewalt Slider, Delta Super 10, Delta 8" Grinder, Craftsman compressor, Drill Doctor, Kreg PH Jig, Bosch Jigsaw, Craftsman Router and Table...........and adding more all the time....
h-bomb wrote:Very nice job, always hard work balancing on a roof. Lucky as well to get that number of fine days.
You are not kidding. I saw the forecast and it showed I had about five straight days of warm sunny weather so I took the time off and got cranking on the roof. I needed to get it done before the really cold weather hit and I am really pleased that we were able to accomplish that goal. I would not recommend this type of job to anyone nearing 50 years old as it was a lot more work then I had envisioned by a long shot. We have the other half of the roof to do next spring and it is a lower roof first story but it has many valleys and ridges to deal with plus there is some deck damage that will have to be dealt with. I also have a detached garage that has a very leaky roof that will also have to be replaced. That one is very easy straight forward roof no valleys and one story. That one we should be able to do in a day hopefully.
Michael Mayo
Senior IT Support Engineer
Soft Designs Inc. albiemanmike@gmail.com
1960's SS Mark VII, 1954 Greenie, 1983 Mark V, Jointer, Bandsaw, Jigsaw, Dewalt Slider, Delta Super 10, Delta 8" Grinder, Craftsman compressor, Drill Doctor, Kreg PH Jig, Bosch Jigsaw, Craftsman Router and Table...........and adding more all the time....
