Five years after we should have replaced it. Two years after we needed to replace it. We finally replaced our roof! Woo hoo!
It took my husband and me 3 1/2 days, 38 bundles of shingles & umpteen nails but we are now done. Praise the Lord! No injuries, no major breakdowns & no screaming fests 
. It really went much smoother than I had hoped for. And faster too! If you ever have to roof use a nail gun. Beg, borrow or steal it if you have too. It makes it go so much faster. We were blessed to be able to borrow one from a friend & my FIL loaned us an air compressor. So wonderful!
The new roof looks great. Our only concern is the weather has not been very warm & it takes warmth to make the shingles seal. So we are praying for sunshine or for 6 inches of snow to dump on it & stay there until summer. 
Gotta hold those shingles down one way or another.
The happy couple...
Birds eye view...
Our cheerful "go-fer" girl (occupying her time between errands with the latest American Girl catalog)
Day one's progress
And the finished project
Some of you may have noticed no pictures of the boys... Well, 2 of them are much too little for roofing and as for the big one...he's not too fond of heights. So he chose to be the babysitter for this project 
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Blessings.
You are adorable in Carharts on the roof, and it IS steep! :O Glad it's DONE.
ReplyDeleteThat brings back memories. My deceased husband and I roofed our house at the farm back in 95...It is still holding up! It took 3 or 4 days but we were so proud of it! I am remarried and we had to have ours roofed here in Suburbia in the spring. It was way too steep and complicated so we hired it out. It still took them 3 days! I used to help my daddy roof our house and barns and stuff growing up. It is hard work but very rewarding. We always did it with a hammer but after seeing it done with a nail gun this spring .....hmm it looked much easier!
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