3rd Time's a Charm

We can only hope this saying is true as this is the third time John has had to work on our roof since we switched from asphalt to steel shingles. For some reason, this roofing system has not ventilated as well and causes ice dams to form up above in the area between the two ladders. A year ago, it migrated so far in that it made it into the house and caused a lot of water damage; hence why we remodeled the upstairs.

This time, he is putting on what they call a "cold roof"'. This is where he took off the steel roof, peeled off all the asphalt shingles. Next he placed firring strips (1x4's) and then put wafer board over that on the entire roof. Then, more 30# roofing felt over that. Still yet another layer is an asphalt membrane that goes around the outer perimeter. Finally, he will put the steel roof back on!

We were thankful for nice weather and safety today. We did not make as much progress as we hoped, but are slowly making progress. This is officially the first day of John's summer vacation and he has the next two weeks off (some vacation, huh?). He anticipates the roof to take a week of that time. Fortunately, he will have an additional 4 weeks off at home as I recover from surgery, so he should be good as new when he goes back to work!

Better yet, the roof willl be good as new too! As they say, 3rd time's a charm!! Yes, we can only hope!