First shingles up

Two more days on the garage

I spent some of Saturday and Sunday slaving on the garage. It is now ready for shingles. I'll do a little each night this week then I can start the other side.

These pictures show all the plywood is up. Unfortunately I didn't get much further today. It is really slow going working alone. A lot of the work requires me to make jigs to hold boards or hold myself up on the roof. Everything weighs a ton, including my ladder, which is why my shoulders are screaming in pain.

Here is the finish to the weekend. I installed two rows of planks with roof brackets. The fascia board is up most of the way to the peak and on this side of the roof. I chose to use PVC board instead of the much cheaper primed pine. With the PVC board I won't have to paint it, ever. I would just leave it white. The primed pine would require me to paint it from time to time. On top of fascia is the new drip edge and rake board. All this work and the place still looks like a crack den! If you saw some dude crouched down under that half covered window shootin a needle in his arm, it wouldn't be that shocking.

While it was getting dark, Jackson helped (was forced by his father) to help pick up the junk. It actually looks much better. A crack den with nice soil. Can't wait to bang up the siding! We are siding this thing with the same blue siding we did on our house. It will also have white trim and the corners will also be white (using a siding material for the corners)

New roof for the garage

Sunday and Monday (Labor Day) I spent time ripping off the garage roof. It was nasty, dirty work but thank goodness it is done. We have lived here for fourteen years and I have never done the roof. I'm guessing the roof was at least twenty years old. The was a layer of cedar shingles then asphalt shingles on top. The asphalt shingles were moss covered and rotted. The cedar was dried but seemed to keep the water out. There was a lot of material to remove.

Today I got all the shingles off the one side and laid down three pieces of plywood at the top of the roof. Then the rains came. My neighbor helped me attach a tarp to cover the one side. I then spent about an hour picking up all the shingles that had fallen on the ground.

This was taken on Sunday after about an hour of working. The entire side is bare and ready for plywood.

New Wall For the Garage

The garage has been lifted and is now secure with a new wall! The left side is supported by the new wall--a few more boards to tie in the left side to the right and the structure has been brought back to life.

Next steps--a new roof. The left side needs plywood down on the roof first. The right side has plywood that look pretty decent. Ripping off the roof Sunday--goal by the end of the day Sunday is to have at least the tar paper down. A lot of work between then and now!

Picture show the new studs sistered to the old ones. The new sole plat is down on the new concrete pad. Right after this picture was taken I threw up a wall of plywood over these new studs to make the structure even more secure.

This picture show the new wall attached at the bottom to the new sole plate.