Dog Eared Roof

That last corner was looking pretty bad. The shingles were put down with staples. Apparently they waited until the earlier roof was in really bad shape. This might even be the original shingles under that corner. As one can see, the holding power of staples is just above nil. Most of the shingles on this place are just sitting here by gravity alone.















So with my trusty pry-bar and just fingers, I cleaned away the broken bits in the late Sunday afternoon.


















First course of shingles go in upside down. The second course goes in over that with the tabs down. The third course goes above the second course. The nailing pattern got weird. The builder put down a rather thin roof deck so the nails had to go into whatever that would hold them over the overhang. Wherever the lookouts and the eaves were.

Yet another thing that has to be done when the new roof shows up. Thicker plywood.












All done. This will do until the new roof happens. Which will only happen if my income goes up. And that's if I do it.


















When I was done and finally got everything put away, the moon was out.