BearXX Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 The house we have is 105 years old and the roof didn't look that good after last winter. I guess it is about 60 years ago they changed the tiles, so I put up some scaffolding and had 5 friends over to take off the tiles. It took us 4 hours of work to rip it off. The roof on one side didn't look to bad, but I knew I wouldn't know for sure before all tar paper and timber is removed. The other side was a sorrow. 2/3 of the timer was rotten after a couple of old leaks has damaged the it over years. Some was totally gone. I removed all rotten/damaged stuff and made new. A lot of climbing up and down the ladder. And in the end put on 5000 kg of new tiles. (about 11000 LBS) New chimney and some metal sheets are things I'm waiting for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Redbird Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Nice work. You looking for a job? Seriously, I've seen "professional" work that wasn't that neat. Very nice. Can't help but wonder how bad that chimney is that someone decided to cover it in tin, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB4XX Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 Great Job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearXX Posted July 31, 2009 Author Share Posted July 31, 2009 Nice work. You looking for a job? Seriously, I've seen "professional" work that wasn't that neat. Very nice. Can't help but wonder how bad that chimney is that someone decided to cover it in tin, though. Thanks Actually the chimney is perfect. 100 years old and no cracks or damage. The tin is put on to keep away horizontal rain and snow to damage it. They put them on all houses in the neighbourhood about 60 years ago. Fall and winter are pretty bad around here. Last night we had a storm, and it uprooted a tree behind the house. A 60 foot birch was hanging over the power lines 10 feet from our new garden shed. The power line company are now cutting it down. Hopefully the new shed is still standing when we get home from work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardCranium Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 Thats a neat old house. Interesting roofing too. I've only ever seen the tar shingle roofs torn down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
googus Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 Clean Job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearXX Posted July 31, 2009 Author Share Posted July 31, 2009 Thats a neat old house. Interesting roofing too. I've only ever seen the tar shingle roofs torn down. We love the house 90% of houses in Norway has tiles or cement stone on the roof.. Very few have shingle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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