I have helped with 3 roofs, myself. We didn't have guns but had to use hammer and roofing nails.
earlier, robert moore, wrote: >My friends garage roof is not finished but I am. >Last weekend A friend of myne from out of town came down to help with my in >town friends garage roof. We had to rip off all of the roof boards on the >west side. I did not get involved in the ripping off of that side. I was on >the east side taking off the 3 layers of shingles. Yesterday Lonnie and I >finished re sheeting the west side and started putting on the whether gard >which is a 3 foot wide roll of rolled roofing with an adhesive back. Wow >that was a real pain. Today we finished up with the tar paper and we got all >of the rolled roofing put down on the west side. Then it started to rain so >I climbed up on the roof and tacked down the six inches or so of the rolled >roofing that extended past the peak of the roof. I did not want to nail it >down because the roofing that was going to be put down on the east side will >need to be run undernieth it and if I nailed it down it would get tourn up >when the nails were pulled out to tuck the east side roofing undernieth, so >what I decided to do was to just fold it over the peak and lay 1 by 4 board >on top of it along the edge. That way when the 1 by 4 boards got pulled up >the roofing would be loose and not damaged. >I am 46 and the guy helping me is 56. Now I don't consider either age to be >what I call old, but as far as roofing goes, I was reminded why some would >say that roofing is a young mans job. I mean 20's and if you push it maybe >early 30's. >It was hard work but I like a challenge so that aspect was gook. >I said the roof was not finished but I was. I mean that my friends son is an >over the road trucker and when he gets back he will have to find a friend to >help him finnish. I hav had enough fun for a while. >But I suppose he will get in a time crunch and cry for help I and I will >probably end up back on that dambed roof again. Well if that happens I will >go up on the roof fresh and there is not that much left to do. >Any one that says a blind man should not be up on a roof, Well parden my >language but they just don't know what the hell they are talking about. It >is no more dangerous for a blind man than it is for a sighted man. >There is a certain amnout of risk for either but not more for one than the >other. > >If any one needs there roof done please give me a call. >I can find you a good roofer. >Grin. > >-----Original Message----- >From: ><mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Behalf Of David Engebretson >Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 11:46 AM >To: <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] >Subject: [BlindHandyMan] blind mechanics list, was...taser >treatments -Robert > >Send a blank email to: ><mailto:blindmechanics-subscribe%40soundandscience.com>[EMAIL PROTECTED] ><mailto:blindmechanics-subscribe%40soundandscience.com> >don't forget to reply to the confirmation email. > >cheers, >david > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.15.3/1082 - Release Date: >10/20/2007 2:59 PM John ---------- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.15.3/1082 - Release Date: 10/20/2007 2:59 PM [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
