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   frammer52 | Jul 03, 2008 09:39pm | #1

   tarps, several layers!

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   blownonfuel | Jul 03, 2008 10:08pm | #2

   Will do. Thanks

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   Piffin | Jul 04, 2008 01:44am | #3

   I get a heavy duty tarp for that kind of thing. black on one side and silver on the other for the seasons. Order from Gemplers or Farmtex.

   The normal blue tarps everyone carries are not watertight and tear easy in a windstorm.

    

    

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   fingersandtoes | Jul 04, 2008 06:53am | #4

   Are those blue tarps getting worse. I don't remember them being too bad, but now you leave them out for a couple of days and they look like the plastic weaving on lawn chairs. Sort of most new duct tape.

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   Marson | Jul 04, 2008 02:47pm | #5

   Yeah, the blue poly tarps aren't really meant for keeping things dry. I once owned a 30x40 vinyl coated tarp like Piffin mentioned. Cost 500 bucks, as I remember. Many joyful hours spent rolling the thing out on a hot July afternoon, after having worked 9 hours framing in the heat and humidity. The thing you are going to have to learn is how to tarp without creating bellies which fill with water and can weigh 100's of pounds and tear the toughest tarp to shreds. It's harder than you'd think.

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   Jim_Allen | Jul 04, 2008 02:57pm | #6

   Wood and shingles!

   Bob's next test date: 12/10/07

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   IMERC | Jul 04, 2008 02:58pm | #7

   ya got a point... 

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   blownonfuel | Jul 04, 2008 06:40pm | #8

   Man Jim why didn't I think of that? Hey Jim while I have you here what thickness of plywood roof and exterior wall sheathing are you using around here in Texas?

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   Jim_Allen | Jul 04, 2008 06:47pm | #9

   We order 1/2" and they send 7/16" lol.Did you ever see the thread where we prebuilt all the walls of the second story and piled them up on the lawn? The next day, we tore off about 900 sf of house, framed the joists, set the walls, trusses and sheathed the roof. We then "dried it in" with tarpaper. I started that day at 6:30 am and left for home at 4:30 pm. The demo crew consisted of four of our subcontract roofers and four of us framers. About midmorning, the roofing crew left for lunch and came back about 4 hours later to start putting a roof on the garage and flashing the sidewall connection. Our four framers basically finished the second story framing alone. The roofers may have still been around to help us put the tar paper on the roof but I really don't remember them doing that. I think they were already gone home. If we had the shingles there (our mistake), they would have shingled it that night before they left for the day. Anything's possible, so I wasn't kidding when I answered but I do realize that the complexity of any second story addition might render the above techniques impossible. Bob's next test date: 12/10/07

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   Framer | Jul 04, 2008 06:55pm | #10

   Every Add-a-Level I do I use the blue tarps one layer. The key thing is that you have to know how to tarp, period! Doing  AAL's  isn't a really a DIY'er job unless you have an experienced framer working along side of you.

   Once you open, you better know how to close and keep that house water tight. There are many ways of tarping the roof that will save you time and keep the tarp on right.

    

    

   Joe Carola
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   frammer52 | Jul 04, 2008 07:17pm | #11

   Nobody smoking when the tarp comes out either.  Have a bad experience to prove that one!

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   john_carroll | Jul 04, 2008 09:51pm | #12

   "The key thing is that you have to know how to tarp, period."

   In other words, he needs to hone up on his (ahem) tarpentry skills.

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   Jim_Allen | Jul 05, 2008 02:25am | #13

   Tarpentry...the new roofing skill. Bob's next test date: 12/10/07