Friday, September 24, 2004

New Roof, Coming Right Up

So far my own contributions have consisted largely of housework and hauling bundles of shingles up through the house, but Kathe's son Jake and a friend of one of the younger kids have been burning through the roof at an impressive clip.

Old shingles come off, new tarpaper and shingles go on, soon it will be time for that tricky section that requires all that custom-made flashing.

I made the mistake of reading the label on one of those bundles of shingles -- they weigh *eighty pounds* each? I don't know if I can carry any more, now that I know how much they weigh.

Carrying isn't so bad, but that vertical lifting is a killer.

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