New Roof, Day 1

We are on our way to having a new roof! After the rain delayed the start of the job by a few days, the crew arrived bright and early this morning to begin tear-off. Warning: this post is image heavy, as I updated it throughout the day to show the progress.

 

This is the last picture I will have of my beautiful old chimneys. I agreed to the removal of them simply because I DO realize that they would always be a leak liability. Also, the mortar between the bricks was so crumbly and missing in places, they really needed to go. Rest assured though, true to my genes, I have saved them and will re-use them in a future project!

Removing the chimneys.

All that is left of my chimneys. These bricks will find a new home, most likely in landscaping, somewhere on the farm.

 

All asphalt and shake shingles are now removed from this part of the roof.

With the entire front side's shingles removed, you can now see daylight through the hole in the backside of the roof.

Laying the decking.

There were numerous nests found within the soffits.

While new decking is being laid on the upper roof, they begin work removing what looks like just two layers of asphalt shingles from the 70's addition.

I can't wait to see how it all looks tomorrow!

 

 

They made really good progress today, considering that this was not just a simple, straight-forward, re-shingling. By the end of the day, they got all of this side of the 70s addition shingled, and about half of the front side of the upper story. The upper story is VERY steep, so it was pretty slow going. They also repaired or replaced any rotten soffit and fascia boards that needed it,

and installed soffit vents.

 

Be sure to check out Day 2 for more updates to the roofing project!