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Here is me with my nephews, working on a roofing job last summer. Hint: I'm the guy with the beard...:laughing:

And for what it is worth, that was the worst roofing tear off job I have ever done in my life, look at how thick the layers are !!!!

NICE PICS MAN,that was a lot of weight on that roof with all the shingle layers,plus the snow

JDgreen said:

And for what it is worth, that was the worst roofing tear off job I have ever done in my life, look at how thick the layers are !!!!

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Wow the house must have been a hundred years old

Don't want to scare anybody with a picture of me !

About the roof - When I was in high school Dad and I tore off the roof in the house we were living in.
I'm not sure how many layers, but the last nails used were 3" and had not touched the roof sheeting boards. This was in upstate NY where we got SNOW -- I know the house had full 2"x4" hardwood studs and were full length from sill plate to attic. The 2nd floor joist were notched into the studs. We were told that the first owner / builder owned a lumber mill.

BKBrown said:

Don't want to scare anybody with a picture of me !

About the roof - When I was in high school Dad and I tore off the roof in the house we were living in.
I'm not sure how many layers, but the last nails used were 3" and had not touched the roof sheeting boards. This was in upstate NY where we got SNOW -- I know the house had full 2"x4" hardwood studs and were full length from sill plate to attic. The 2nd floor joist were notched into the studs. We were told that the first owner / builder owned a lumber mill.

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BK, odds are I am the oldest and ugliest guy here on LMF so don't think your pic would scare anybody :laughing:

About the roof it isn't my house my brother bought a foreclosed house and the place was built about 1960, in 1975 or so they built onto the back and the original roof was a simple Cape Cod type and they put a really low slope shed type roof on the back, maybe 15 degrees at most and every time they had a leak they just installed another layer atop the existing ones, the roof deck was so rotted out when you walked on the roofing it would feel really flexible. If you look at the chimney in the background of the pic of us guys you can see how far they built up the flashing and tar there. That wasn't the actual level of the roofing just the flashing they piled on there.

Our house at the time was over 100 years old in the 60s. The first layer was Cedar Shakes and then MANY layers of shingles and tar paper. The layers were over 3" thick.

If I put a pic in with the Ventrac maybe people can look at the tractor instead of me !

BKBrown said:

Our house at the time was over 100 years old in the 60s. The first layer was Cedar Shakes and then MANY layers of shingles and tar paper. The layers were over 3" thick.

If I put a pic in with the Ventrac maybe people can look at the tractor instead of me !
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Good pic, I have to laugh at the contrast, you are likely in 20 degree weather and it was close to 90 when we were doing that roof....:laughing:

I would but right now I am dealing with a huge stalker that has gotten to the point of court ordered restraining order, the fool follows me around all places so for now just think of me as the person behind the keyboard. I do love seeing people though and putting names with faces, ahhh, maybe one day. :laughing:

greengrass said:

I would but right now I am dealing with a huge stalker that has gotten to the point of court ordered restraining order, the fool follows me around all places so for now just think of me as the person behind the keyboard. I do love seeing people though and putting names with faces, ahhh, maybe one day. :laughing:

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Hey BKBrown, hot darn...after 70 views nobody has been willing to post of pic of themselves on this forum, that means we are the two BEST LOOKING guys here, oh, wait, DARN IT, my nephews are the two best looking guys and we are the two ugliest ones...IT AIN'T FAIR...:laughing::laughing::frown:

JDgreen said:

Hey BKBrown, hot darn...after 70 views nobody has been willing to post of pic of themselves on this forum, that means we are the two BEST LOOKING guys here, oh, wait, DARN IT, my nephews are the two best looking guys and we are the two ugliest ones...IT AIN'T FAIR...:laughing::laughing::frown:

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As long as my better half and my dog love me that is all that matters ! :thumbsup: :biggrin: :wink:

BKBrown said:

As long as my better half and my dog love me that is all that matters ! :thumbsup: :biggrin: :wink:

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As long as my better half and my four cats love me that's all that matters....:thumbsup::wink:

Smee, at my dad's.

JDgreen said:

And for what it is worth, that was the worst roofing tear off job I have ever done in my life, look at how thick the layers are !!!!

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JD thats some rip job! I helped rip our roof a few yrs ago and it had 3 layers so I feel for ya.

My question is what was holding up the roof? All that weight, and throw in some snow on top of
it all can't be structurally safe, could it?

As for pictures I'm still typing with two fingers! but I'm learning....cubby

cubby said:

JD thats some rip job! I helped rip our roof a few yrs ago and it had 3 layers so I feel for ya.

My question is what was holding up the roof? All that weight, and throw in some snow on top of
it all can't be structurally safe, could it?

As for pictures I'm still typing with two fingers! but I'm learning....cubby

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I am darned the roof didn't cave in myself...note the photo of the rafters below...decking was 1/2 inch plywood it was so soft you could step right thru it...

JD,back in the day when I worked a second job hot tarring we had a few tear offs like that.one of the guys working was a big old Indian that weighed around 320.we'd put him out in front to test the roof.If he made it then we'd follow. russ

I forget to say ,twall and especially Murryfurry are young bucks.It's good to have young ones on this forum and not just us old fa--s. russ

173abn said:

I forget to say ,twall and especially Murryfurry are young bucks.It's good to have young ones on this forum and not just us old fa--s. russ

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WHO ARE YOU CALLING AN OLD F---, RUSS? Them's fighting words, trouble is I don't have the energy to fight anymore.... :laughing::biggrin::laughing:

Hey JD,I'm older you by 2 yrs. russ

173abn said:

Hey JD,I'm older you by 2 yrs. russ

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Good thing, because I have so much respect for older f---s it's beneath my dignity to rough house with them....:laughing:

The only picture I have of me on the job was taken by Google as they drove by. Go to Google Maps insert the address
10617 Watford Lane, Fredericksburg, va. zoom into street level, you may need to click around but thats me in the green shirt fixin to mow.

fatboy said:

The only picture I have of me on the job was taken by Google as they drove by. Go to Google Maps insert the address
10617 Watford Lane, Fredericksburg, va. zoom into street level, you may need to click around but thats me in the green shirt fixin to mow.

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Well I didn't know we had a celebrity here on LMF......Is that you next to the Avalanche putting your hat on? Looks hot out.

RobertBrown said:

Well I didn't know we had a celebrity here on LMF......Is that you next to the Avalanche putting your hat on? Looks hot out.

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That was last September and yes it was toasty. The Avalanche is my tow vehicle Thanks