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My plan was to start with a little priming, painting and caulking. I got out there fairly early, and did the scraping priming. I didn't do any caulking because it turned out that all the gaps were too big for caulk. Not sure what I'm going to do about that. Then I got out the paint that a friend dropped off, and it turned out to be indoor paint. So that saved me some time.
About that time, I learned that my friend who was going to help me for the afternoon, was not actually coming.
I put up the drip edges and shingles on the north side. I actually got it all done before dark. Then I put the drip edges on the south side. I cleaned up some of the mess, finally, and then went to buy the remainder of my shingles. I should be ready to go tomorrow morning. This is critical, since it's supposed to rain sometime tomorrow afternoon. I really need to get it done before then!
I had the dumpster dropped off today. the lawn was finally back to normal after last year's rutting, when I had all the top soil dropped off. The driver went much farther into my lawn than expected. I rented it from a company called Milwaukee Dumpster. I did a Google search on "dumpster Milwaukee", and they came up. It turns out this guy doesn't own any dumpsters or trucks. He just takes your request, and calls a dumpster company to deliver. He probably only makes ten bucks on a call, but that's easy money!
I'm not very happy with the shingling. First problem: the roof is warped. Second problem, my lines are all crooked. The roof is so steep that I had a lot of trouble staying up there, let alone watching what I was doing.
Good enough for who it's for.
About that time, I learned that my friend who was going to help me for the afternoon, was not actually coming.
I put up the drip edges and shingles on the north side. I actually got it all done before dark. Then I put the drip edges on the south side. I cleaned up some of the mess, finally, and then went to buy the remainder of my shingles. I should be ready to go tomorrow morning. This is critical, since it's supposed to rain sometime tomorrow afternoon. I really need to get it done before then!
I had the dumpster dropped off today. the lawn was finally back to normal after last year's rutting, when I had all the top soil dropped off. The driver went much farther into my lawn than expected. I rented it from a company called Milwaukee Dumpster. I did a Google search on "dumpster Milwaukee", and they came up. It turns out this guy doesn't own any dumpsters or trucks. He just takes your request, and calls a dumpster company to deliver. He probably only makes ten bucks on a call, but that's easy money!
I'm not very happy with the shingling. First problem: the roof is warped. Second problem, my lines are all crooked. The roof is so steep that I had a lot of trouble staying up there, let alone watching what I was doing.
Good enough for who it's for.
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Date: 2009-09-25 08:03 am (UTC)From:A wavy line is more interesting than a straight one. Think of it that way.
You'll see that our house has LOTS of those "good enough for what it's for" places.
:P
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Date: 2009-09-25 12:37 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2009-09-25 01:05 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2009-09-25 06:48 pm (UTC)From:That's still a good bit of achievement and all. Impressive.
I might do some roofing of my own today. I've had the sea freight container for a couple of years now, it's time to hose off the "roof" of it and paint it with ruberized roofing paint. :)