Who knew there was so much involved with getting a new roof? Not me, that's for sure.
After removing the red metal and two layers of shingles and tar paper, there were hundreds of nails that had to be popped up. Again, thank goodness for the proper tools and strong able bodied people. Then some new bracing and sheeting was cut and installed. The sheets of under liner went down and then the metal was put on the addition first so the metal would not have to be hauled across a finished roof. Joe and Wayne had a few challenges with the 20 foot panels in the blowing wind, but they did great and got the job done. Then the process started again on the old roof. I don't know how the guys have been able to work on the roof as the temperatures are running about 25 degrees below normal. This weeks high was about 31 degrees and low around 22 at night.
We now have a beautiful green metal roof ! The trim is on all sides except the high end of the house. That will get put on next week when we have a tractor with a lift on it so the guys can reach the peak.
Joe also put in the last two French doors. What a difference they make in the way the patio side of the house looks.
This week I have had a cold and have not been any help. The cats and my Yorkie, Muffin, have loved snuggling in bed while I slept the week away. I have basketball tournament week and homecoming. Callie and Emilee borrowed Papa Joe's flatbed trailer and decorated it for the homecoming parade today. He was out in the dark last night hooking up the trailer for them. They didn't call until about 7 pm.
Rosie, our Red Wattle pig has settled in nicely. I have let her out to graze, but she seems to always wind up in the yard by us. Very sociable. She knows her name and comes when called, especially if she thinks food might be involved. I added another strand of electric fence tape so that should keep her out in the pasture. She has a house made from straw bales in one side of the barn. She seems warm hunkered in her straw bed in her house.
Joe's mom, sister and brother in law finally arrived from California. They bought a beautiful place on acreage just across town. It will be wonderful having more family back here!
Friday, November 14, 2014
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
And the roofing continues
Wonderful fall weather in Lead Hill. The hillsides are becoming dotted with the changing colors of fall. It is so beautiful here.
October 29, 2014
Work continues on the roof. Stripping the metal, then the two layers of shingles. Once the shingles were off we realized there were many places there the roof boards had to be replaced. I am so glad Joe wanted to strip the old layers of the roof off or we might not have seen all the places that really needed to be replaced. We had had help getting the shingles off as it was just too much work for us to get done. We had finally gotten the roof stripped when rain that was supposed to go north of us was heading our way. We hurried to Home Depot and bought a 20' by 100' roll of heavy plastic. Joe and I were on the roof until 2:40 in the morning rolling out sheets of heavy plastic and stapling them down. Thank goodness the rain didn't start until about 3 AM.
The next day our worker, Wayne, came to help Joe hang the 16 foot sections of facia trim. Today we had to go to Bentonville , so Wayne finished replacing any bad wood on the backside of the roof. He also cut out any bad wood on the front side. They will be able to replace the sections in the morning and then finish the facia trim on the front. I can't believe how different the house looks with the new white facia all across the back side of the entire house.
The roof should be fixed and the roof liner put down this week. I am so thrilled that the new hunter green roof goes on soon!!!
All the hard work and frustrations are so worth it to get to have a new house on our beautiful property! Yeah!
October 29, 2014
Work continues on the roof. Stripping the metal, then the two layers of shingles. Once the shingles were off we realized there were many places there the roof boards had to be replaced. I am so glad Joe wanted to strip the old layers of the roof off or we might not have seen all the places that really needed to be replaced. We had had help getting the shingles off as it was just too much work for us to get done. We had finally gotten the roof stripped when rain that was supposed to go north of us was heading our way. We hurried to Home Depot and bought a 20' by 100' roll of heavy plastic. Joe and I were on the roof until 2:40 in the morning rolling out sheets of heavy plastic and stapling them down. Thank goodness the rain didn't start until about 3 AM.
The next day our worker, Wayne, came to help Joe hang the 16 foot sections of facia trim. Today we had to go to Bentonville , so Wayne finished replacing any bad wood on the backside of the roof. He also cut out any bad wood on the front side. They will be able to replace the sections in the morning and then finish the facia trim on the front. I can't believe how different the house looks with the new white facia all across the back side of the entire house.
The roof should be fixed and the roof liner put down this week. I am so thrilled that the new hunter green roof goes on soon!!!
All the hard work and frustrations are so worth it to get to have a new house on our beautiful property! Yeah!
Sunday, October 19, 2014
Oct. 18 roof
Sunday, October 18
Saturday night was the coldest so far this fall. It dropped to 41 degrees. I looked outside this morning and the fog is so heavy I can barely see across the yard. High temps today should reach into the upper 60's. This is good weather to continue stripping the layers of old roof off.
Have I mentioned that we would be in a house by now if we had just bulldozed the old house down? Building is SO much faster than removing almost the whole house and now the old roofs. Yes, that was roof with a plural S at the end. Joe and I removed the old red metal roof and are going to reuse it on the shop or barn. We got about 1/4 of the next layer up and I called
Tiffany's boyfriend and got his brother and cousin to work on removing most of the other layers on the front side of the roof. Thank goodness, they are coming back to finish that side after church today.
After looking at umpteen roof/ house color combinations, we have switched from a brown roof to a hunter green. Brown on brown would have just been too dark. Besides, 50 million US Forestry brown cabins with green roofs can't be wrong. I think we will be much happier with the dark green metal roof.
The cows were up by Francis' barn so we were able to get our calf ear tagged so we know which one to keep at our place. She is weaned, but still hung out by momma when several were penned, so we could identify her to tag her. Charolais are cream to white colored so it can be very difficult to tell them apart. Momma cow, Heidi, is part something else and a reddish brown with a distance white markings. We didn't tag her because she is very easy to ID.
Granddaughter Tiffany was able to get three of her cows tagged and identified her bull calf. It was impossible to tell which calves belonged to which cows so she will get her two calves marked when we see them with the tagged moms. I am so proud of her for buying a small herd of 5 head of cattle last year. She will sell the bull calf this coming week. Two of her cows now have babies and a third should calf this winter. I know it is hard for her not to buy new clothes, or get material things young people want today, but she has such good sense and is making such a good investment with cattle. When the other kids things wear out, Tiffany's cows will be continuing to multiply and increase her savings. You can sell cattle on any Wednesday and Thursday back here at the sale barn if you need immediate cash.
If this fog ever lifts I need to get the rest of the facia board painted so Joe can get them up. I think they go up before some channel for the roof goes on. I was hoping to have Thanksgiving at our place, but may be lucky if we are in by Christmas. There is only so much Joe can do in a day, and thank goodness we aren't paying me by the hour! It takes me 20 minutes just to get a tea and my tools together before I can think of actually doing something. The interior is where my work really kicks in. I can paint, trim, tile and put in outlets and bulbs. I am going to learn to help put down laminate flooring and hang drywall.
The 4 baby chicks are starting to get feathers and little combs. I am pretty sure two are roosters so I need to sell them soon. All 11 baby Guinea keets are growing and starting to get feathers. Their little necks are starting to get longer. They look like long necked quail right now.
Enough rambling for today.
Saturday night was the coldest so far this fall. It dropped to 41 degrees. I looked outside this morning and the fog is so heavy I can barely see across the yard. High temps today should reach into the upper 60's. This is good weather to continue stripping the layers of old roof off.
Have I mentioned that we would be in a house by now if we had just bulldozed the old house down? Building is SO much faster than removing almost the whole house and now the old roofs. Yes, that was roof with a plural S at the end. Joe and I removed the old red metal roof and are going to reuse it on the shop or barn. We got about 1/4 of the next layer up and I called
Tiffany's boyfriend and got his brother and cousin to work on removing most of the other layers on the front side of the roof. Thank goodness, they are coming back to finish that side after church today.
After looking at umpteen roof/ house color combinations, we have switched from a brown roof to a hunter green. Brown on brown would have just been too dark. Besides, 50 million US Forestry brown cabins with green roofs can't be wrong. I think we will be much happier with the dark green metal roof.
The cows were up by Francis' barn so we were able to get our calf ear tagged so we know which one to keep at our place. She is weaned, but still hung out by momma when several were penned, so we could identify her to tag her. Charolais are cream to white colored so it can be very difficult to tell them apart. Momma cow, Heidi, is part something else and a reddish brown with a distance white markings. We didn't tag her because she is very easy to ID.
Granddaughter Tiffany was able to get three of her cows tagged and identified her bull calf. It was impossible to tell which calves belonged to which cows so she will get her two calves marked when we see them with the tagged moms. I am so proud of her for buying a small herd of 5 head of cattle last year. She will sell the bull calf this coming week. Two of her cows now have babies and a third should calf this winter. I know it is hard for her not to buy new clothes, or get material things young people want today, but she has such good sense and is making such a good investment with cattle. When the other kids things wear out, Tiffany's cows will be continuing to multiply and increase her savings. You can sell cattle on any Wednesday and Thursday back here at the sale barn if you need immediate cash.
If this fog ever lifts I need to get the rest of the facia board painted so Joe can get them up. I think they go up before some channel for the roof goes on. I was hoping to have Thanksgiving at our place, but may be lucky if we are in by Christmas. There is only so much Joe can do in a day, and thank goodness we aren't paying me by the hour! It takes me 20 minutes just to get a tea and my tools together before I can think of actually doing something. The interior is where my work really kicks in. I can paint, trim, tile and put in outlets and bulbs. I am going to learn to help put down laminate flooring and hang drywall.
The 4 baby chicks are starting to get feathers and little combs. I am pretty sure two are roosters so I need to sell them soon. All 11 baby Guinea keets are growing and starting to get feathers. Their little necks are starting to get longer. They look like long necked quail right now.
Enough rambling for today.
Sunday, October 5, 2014
October 5 pictures 2
Joe bush hogging waist high weeds
Fireplace corner. French door openings. Beside the kitchen area
Back to the Blog Oct 5
Finally back to the blog.
The roof sheeting and roof liner are up. We have finally decided to go with a slate brown for the metal roof color. We have vacillated between dark green or brown. Green would look like a forest cabin, brown will blend in. Who thought making a color decision would be so difficult???? We have also decided to take off the layers of old roofing on the original part of the house. We can do this ourselves with one worker to do heavy lifting and haul the trash to the dumpster. We will put down new lining. We are having workers put the metal roof on as I do NOT want either of us up on the addition roof since it is so tall.
With the help of our son- in- law and his backhoe and another worker, Joe got one of the double French doors in the family room and the fireplace at least in the room. All the windows are in the whole house now. We are going to have some beautiful views! One of my favorite views is of a beautiful wall of the quarry in the distance jutting above the tree tops. Once we get the drywall delivered next week, Joe can frame in the outside den wall and set the French doors there. That leaves one Double French door left to put in the family room. We will need Bill, his backhoe, and a worker to get that door up into the wall which is about 5 feet off the ground. (The decking is going up before the siding , so it seems like we are off on another part of the plan).
Joe and I were able to get all of the kitchen in for temporary placement for electrical and water. Good thing we did a trial run, as Joe has to frame an 8 inch wall out behind all the cabinets next to the refrigerator. The fridge cabinet totally encloses the sides if the fridge so the other cabinets are made to be even with that cabinet front. This will be a rather simple framing for those cabinets. The other wall of cabinets don't need any adjustments. The kitchen is going to be quite large and homey! I can't wait for us to install them once the drywall is in!
The AC/heat unit and ducting are close to being completed! Then we finish our wiring, and finally the drywall goes in! Think we will hire pros to texture the walls.
Joe and I have tried to get in some outside time and have almost reclaimed another pasture by just bush hogging (mowing) it with the tractor.
Today, Joe has some finish work to do around the AC /heater unit inside. Then, we will try out the biscuit joiner to make some window trim and get it nailed on.
MY goal is to be in by Thanksgiving! I need to try to have patience and remember the two of us are doing a lot of the work, which means Joe is doing most of the work, but I am learning. I can run Romax for electrical, I have put up the hurricane ties on the rafters and learned to use the handiest tool - a palm nailer, which works off the compressor. A palm nailer is the best tool I have ever used. No hammering. Insert nail, barely push, nail is in!
I will have to keep up better with my blog. I have even having some pain issues and CAT scan revealed gall stones. Also pulled an abdominal muscle. I will see the surgeon Oct. 20 and find out his recommendations. I have too much to do and want to be able to ride Bo in this beautiful weather.
Joe has been having some knee pain but his main problem has been literally hundreds of probably chigger bites from his ankles to his waist, he got about a month ago when he went into the woods without bug spray. The itching has been terrible. I personally am keeping the Deep Woods Off company going.
The roof sheeting and roof liner are up. We have finally decided to go with a slate brown for the metal roof color. We have vacillated between dark green or brown. Green would look like a forest cabin, brown will blend in. Who thought making a color decision would be so difficult???? We have also decided to take off the layers of old roofing on the original part of the house. We can do this ourselves with one worker to do heavy lifting and haul the trash to the dumpster. We will put down new lining. We are having workers put the metal roof on as I do NOT want either of us up on the addition roof since it is so tall.
With the help of our son- in- law and his backhoe and another worker, Joe got one of the double French doors in the family room and the fireplace at least in the room. All the windows are in the whole house now. We are going to have some beautiful views! One of my favorite views is of a beautiful wall of the quarry in the distance jutting above the tree tops. Once we get the drywall delivered next week, Joe can frame in the outside den wall and set the French doors there. That leaves one Double French door left to put in the family room. We will need Bill, his backhoe, and a worker to get that door up into the wall which is about 5 feet off the ground. (The decking is going up before the siding , so it seems like we are off on another part of the plan).
Joe and I were able to get all of the kitchen in for temporary placement for electrical and water. Good thing we did a trial run, as Joe has to frame an 8 inch wall out behind all the cabinets next to the refrigerator. The fridge cabinet totally encloses the sides if the fridge so the other cabinets are made to be even with that cabinet front. This will be a rather simple framing for those cabinets. The other wall of cabinets don't need any adjustments. The kitchen is going to be quite large and homey! I can't wait for us to install them once the drywall is in!
The AC/heat unit and ducting are close to being completed! Then we finish our wiring, and finally the drywall goes in! Think we will hire pros to texture the walls.
Joe and I have tried to get in some outside time and have almost reclaimed another pasture by just bush hogging (mowing) it with the tractor.
Today, Joe has some finish work to do around the AC /heater unit inside. Then, we will try out the biscuit joiner to make some window trim and get it nailed on.
MY goal is to be in by Thanksgiving! I need to try to have patience and remember the two of us are doing a lot of the work, which means Joe is doing most of the work, but I am learning. I can run Romax for electrical, I have put up the hurricane ties on the rafters and learned to use the handiest tool - a palm nailer, which works off the compressor. A palm nailer is the best tool I have ever used. No hammering. Insert nail, barely push, nail is in!
I will have to keep up better with my blog. I have even having some pain issues and CAT scan revealed gall stones. Also pulled an abdominal muscle. I will see the surgeon Oct. 20 and find out his recommendations. I have too much to do and want to be able to ride Bo in this beautiful weather.
Joe has been having some knee pain but his main problem has been literally hundreds of probably chigger bites from his ankles to his waist, he got about a month ago when he went into the woods without bug spray. The itching has been terrible. I personally am keeping the Deep Woods Off company going.
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Welcome September
Tuesday, September 2
I am home and rested after a fun and busy week watching the Grandkids while Doug and Misti got away for some R&R. The nanny was there during the day which was a tremendous help to me.
We are finally getting a much needed rain, but it is not helping get the roofing up. With the lack of rain, we were getting worried about the pastures and lawns drying up. I was particularly concerned about the huge older trees in the yard loXosing so many leaves so I did water them during our few week dry spell.
Since my last post, the addition has most of the exterior sheeting up, the roof trusses are in place and some of the roof sheeting has gone on, but but we are on hold with the rain.
The air conditioner installer is working for a few hours tonight setting the room vents and intake vents. When he finishes getting the AC system installed, we can start the drywall! Yahoo!
I am home and rested after a fun and busy week watching the Grandkids while Doug and Misti got away for some R&R. The nanny was there during the day which was a tremendous help to me.
We are finally getting a much needed rain, but it is not helping get the roofing up. With the lack of rain, we were getting worried about the pastures and lawns drying up. I was particularly concerned about the huge older trees in the yard loXosing so many leaves so I did water them during our few week dry spell.
Since my last post, the addition has most of the exterior sheeting up, the roof trusses are in place and some of the roof sheeting has gone on, but but we are on hold with the rain.
The air conditioner installer is working for a few hours tonight setting the room vents and intake vents. When he finishes getting the AC system installed, we can start the drywall! Yahoo!
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