Duct Tape has one more use

After 2 long days of grueling work in Denali National Park, Eli arrived home at 3:30am on Saturday morning. After a short rest, Eli climed up on the roof and duct taped the felt seams on the roof in an attempt to stop the small leaks that had become apparent after a hard rain. Then, is was on to a 9 hour commute back up to Denali.

There will be a bit of a lull in the blog and the building while he is up there.

Let it Rain, the roof is on!

Finishing up the West Side

Taking a second to stretch the calves after finishing the eave metal and moving the toe kicks (what their feet are on)

Before and After

"Let it Rain!"

The metal will come later

East Side Roof Sheathing

Jane's prep work

Perched on the roof

Checkin out the work

Wednesday Morning ReCap

Still Roofing

We are working had to get the roof on before Eli has to leave town for a while.


We moved all the scaffolding and pump jacks over to the East side of the house on Saturday. On Sunday we put up most of the fascia and the south side fly rafters. Monday afternoon, Pat came up to help some more and the fascia and fly rafters were finished.


Plywood was loaded onto the pump jacks again and Eli and Pat jacked it up to the roof. Jane was in the rafters where she pulled the 5/8 plywood up. Initially, this was done by pulling on a rope which was connected to a pair of vise grips which were clamped onto the wood. Once the wood was within reach, Jane grabbed ahold and pulled it up while Eli and Pat pushed it up using their hammers. We had screwe a couple of 2x6 boards vertical to the world into the rafters to hold several sheets of plywood while we worked on placing one.
Another set of 2x6's did the same thing farther up the roof for the sheets that would be used in the higher rows.

Today, Pat is coming up again so that we can get some more plywood on the roof. Thank goodness it looks like another gorgeous day in paradise! Hopefully we can get that finished this evening.

The above video details the progress that we made as of Tuesday evening from up in the rafters. It also explains some parts of the roof.

Another day in the life.....



And let me tell ya, it was pretty scary putting on the eave metal between the jacks and scaffolding.

more roof work

First day of sheathing

On Friday night, we set up the scaffolding and a ladder jack setup on the West side of the house. The ladder jacks just weren't gonna cut it though.

We started off working on our own, installing the fascia and fly rafters (also known as barge boards). Then, Pat showed up to help us out. Thank goodness! Jane went up the pump jacks once (while in full harness) but really wasn't into it. Pat seemed fine with it. Unfortunatly, Eli had to bring the pump jacks down on his own after Pat left. This meant crossing back and forth from one side to the other until it was at the first floor window. There, Jane climbed out to help. An 8 feet fall isn't as scary as a 24 feet fall.

Pump Jacks going UP

Pump Jacks coming DOWN

The final tour for Saturday

Eli on the roof as seen from the peak. Yes, he is in a harness.