Up on the roof one last time....hopefully...

We have had all the stovepipe up for a while now. Well; all of it except one large chunk with the cap and roof supports. We had done most of it from 4 tiers of scaffolding and then even had a ladder on the top of the scaffolding. But, we had to do this last piece in a different way.

So, Eli put the stovepipe and support arms in his big backpack and climbed out the upstairs window onto the pump jacks from where he climbed onto the roof; floppy backpack, toolbelt and all.

This is the knot that did a great job of preserving Eli's life.

In the photo below, you see the backpack with stovepipe in it, hanging from a rope on the roof while Eli has gone inside to get some more things.

After some scary hairy moments, the stovepipe was put into place. But something was wrong. It wasn't sliding into place like it was supposed to. Eli put the support arms on and temporarily secured it so that he could come down and reasses. From the large sliding glass door upstairs, this is what was seen. Everything looked perfect from there.

However, using binoculars from the ground (seen below), I could see that there was a rivet on the lower section of stovepipe that was holding the new section up and keeping it from where it needed to be. So, this time, Eli was armed with a screwdriver to pry the stovepipe out a touch and then he was able to jiggle it into place and then twist it to lock it it.

PHEW!!!!