Raising The Roof

We had a major storm with high winds blow through our area earlier this week. It happens enough that you do not notice it but this one made sure I knew it went through. It ripped a 4 X 6 foot section of my shingles off of my garage roof and blew them into the yard. The good news was that the shingles were pretty much in tact. The bad news was that I had to climb up a ladder and reattach them. Since I am Mr. Handyman around the house, this was destined to be quite the thrill.

Since I knew that my evenings were fraught with numerous activities, it would be impossible to do it when I got home after work. So, I took a half a day vacation and set to the project. The first stop was at Lowes (where all good project start) to pick up Liquid Nails and roof sealant. Not being the expert on reattaching shingles, I figured that the best method was to glue them back down. And since some of the shingles were bent, torn, folded, spindled or mutilated, the sealant would be necessary to prevent possible leaking. Next I went and retrieved my ladder. I had lent it to my sister for some home repairs and it is one of those things that you do not miss unless you need it. Then it was getting down to work.

Well the project went about as planned. The shingles are up. It looks like I hired the blind to fix the roof. That would go for pretty much any of my do-it-yourself projects. I can paint but that is about the limit of my abilities. I realize that I will need a new roof in the spring. Fortunately this is the first layer of shingles so they can lay the next one right over this one. I will have to hire it done because I do not have the time or the equipment to do it right. Hopefully, my patch job holds long enough to get us to that point or we will be looking at putting on a roof this fall. Well, it beats the alternatives.

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Cobb