Continued Work

Yesterday was rained out part way through the day but the sun has returned today and so have the workers. The roof is about half way cleaned off and it is expected to be finished today. So, I headed up there with the camera to take some pictures.

This is the back part of the house over the master bathroom and the laundry room. The chimney goes down into our bedroom and then into the dining room on the 1st floor. The other part of the roof that you can see covers my craft room.

This picture a closer shot of the chimney to the dining room. You can see years of patch jobs that were basically just crap. Alot of the other patches have already been removed so that we can do the job right this time.


This is the roof above our window in our bedroom. It's in a bad state and will be completely repaired.


This is the roof by the other chimney that goes through my craft room and down into the living room on the 1st floor. Actually, all of the roof is in this sort of shape around the entire edge. Many boards will have to be replaced.


All of the boards under the current roofing material are original, you can see the current roof below. Under the tiles are two layers of very old asphalt tiles and then the wood.


And, you can see the bridge that crosses the Mississippi from our house. This house next to use used to be the rental property for our house. The two properties were one but were sold separately in the 1980s.

Well, they just delivered all of the new shingles for the house so things are really getting going now. The dogs are going crazy, I guess there must be guys in the front yard. It could be a long afternoon! I'll keep updating as new things develop.