New roof on my workshop...
Posted: 10 Jul 2018, 20:11
Having re roofed the garden shed with EPDM I've now bought some more for the more ambitious job of re covering my workshop roof.
30+ years ago I rebuilt our single garage and not knowing any better made the roof with 4x2 timbers and 1/2" shuttering ply. The 4x2's have stood up pretty well with only a slight sag so i have no intention of changing them. The shuttering ply however has sagged pretty badly between the rafters and in places the plies are separating so a new deck is needed as well as the covering.
Some very old wickes felt shingles and a view of the neighbours adjoining garage roof. When I rebuilt it all those years ago i made it big enough to get the then ford granada in, so my workshop is longer than the neighbours garage. (I came to hate that car for the way it wallowed).
The neighbours roof was replaced around 10 years ago. The roofer used hex head screws on the metal coping on my side. easy to remove. On the neighbours side they used 4" nails covered in silicone and covered with a hex plastic cover as used on the bolts my side. Most annoying.
Having twisted and pulled with a mole wrench I got some of the nail showing.
Keeping on twisting and pulling to get it out would have been depressing so I tried gripping the head with a drill
Run the drill and pull at the same time and bingo..
having confirmed the ply has had it I went off to get some 18mm OSB
Decided to start near the ladder so pulled up and bagged the shingles. took ages and the sun came out and made them uncomfortably hot. Put one of the OSB sheets on a stool on its end then pulled it onto the roof ready. All the time trying to step above the rafters not the middle of the dodgy ply.
looking the other way. can't just drop the bags of shingles as they'd split so will get some help to pass them down.
On the side of the lantern roof nearest the driveway you can see the EPDM that I rolled up then heaved up there to get it out of the way. man that stuff is heavy! On the garden side of the lantern edge coping stones is some lead flashing that I have pre formed for where the roofing meets the extension. i made a tracing of the brick lines and transferred it to the lead so it should fit when I get that far.
So one 1/2" ply removed and replaced with OSB. I did the cut piece below it as well before calling it a day.
I never like getting on and off the roof with the ladder resting on plastic guttering so i made a retainer out of 18mm ply
remove the clamp and i can take the ladder away. As it is i feel a lot more confident getting on and off as the ladder cannot move.
To be continued...
30+ years ago I rebuilt our single garage and not knowing any better made the roof with 4x2 timbers and 1/2" shuttering ply. The 4x2's have stood up pretty well with only a slight sag so i have no intention of changing them. The shuttering ply however has sagged pretty badly between the rafters and in places the plies are separating so a new deck is needed as well as the covering.
Some very old wickes felt shingles and a view of the neighbours adjoining garage roof. When I rebuilt it all those years ago i made it big enough to get the then ford granada in, so my workshop is longer than the neighbours garage. (I came to hate that car for the way it wallowed).
The neighbours roof was replaced around 10 years ago. The roofer used hex head screws on the metal coping on my side. easy to remove. On the neighbours side they used 4" nails covered in silicone and covered with a hex plastic cover as used on the bolts my side. Most annoying.
Having twisted and pulled with a mole wrench I got some of the nail showing.
Keeping on twisting and pulling to get it out would have been depressing so I tried gripping the head with a drill
Run the drill and pull at the same time and bingo..
having confirmed the ply has had it I went off to get some 18mm OSB
Decided to start near the ladder so pulled up and bagged the shingles. took ages and the sun came out and made them uncomfortably hot. Put one of the OSB sheets on a stool on its end then pulled it onto the roof ready. All the time trying to step above the rafters not the middle of the dodgy ply.
looking the other way. can't just drop the bags of shingles as they'd split so will get some help to pass them down.
On the side of the lantern roof nearest the driveway you can see the EPDM that I rolled up then heaved up there to get it out of the way. man that stuff is heavy! On the garden side of the lantern edge coping stones is some lead flashing that I have pre formed for where the roofing meets the extension. i made a tracing of the brick lines and transferred it to the lead so it should fit when I get that far.
So one 1/2" ply removed and replaced with OSB. I did the cut piece below it as well before calling it a day.
I never like getting on and off the roof with the ladder resting on plastic guttering so i made a retainer out of 18mm ply
remove the clamp and i can take the ladder away. As it is i feel a lot more confident getting on and off as the ladder cannot move.
To be continued...