Well there you have it. Just about 98% done. In the end I'm five shingles short for the roof cap. We started the day at Lowe's getting six bundles of shingles, a 20-pound box of nails, and blades for the razor. In the end I'm glad I did it but day almost killed me. I died, time wise, around the vents on the roof. Bur compared to what it was when I first got up here I'd say I did pretty good.
I was hoping to get some help from the co-owner and she gave it a valiant try several times to get up on the roof. She had the first few rungs of the ladder down no problem but the thought of transitioning off of it to the roof, well that wasn't going to happen. While I could have used the extra hands up there it was okay, at least she tried. I appreciated her effort.
While it felt good to finish, well almost, a project like this at times it was kinda sad. This type of thing reminded me of the old firehouse days where we would get together, usually on the days off between our night tours, and help each other out with stuff like this. Projects like these would get banged out in no time. It's also the kind of Dad and son/daughter project where knowledge gets handed down, plus there's the fun of working together. But this one I had to do solo.
I didn't take into consideration how many shingles I would burn covering the ridge cap. So in the end I'm about five short but I found a local roofer who has a yard full of extra material. I called him and he said go pick out what you need. So that will be Friday's project, to end this project.
Today it's off to Manasquan to help my som move into his new apartment. I can say I'm banged up from the last two days. I really can appreciate the boys, and girls, who do roofing for a living. I can tell you this, I'm starting a fund for the roof re-do down in Sun City. There's no way I'm doing that, no matter how much it costs.