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.