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   MikeSmith | Oct 07, 2005 01:38pm | #1

   couple things.. the house was JUST painted... so we have to protect the siding

   the original builder used no drip edge..

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   also... the old gutter was badly fastened with nail & ferrule, we installed  new fascia hangers alongside with SS screws

   here's a sample of a "kick flash " we used on the new addition to get the water out from behind the clapboards

   and a view showing how much we hold our siding off the roof.. we use colored coil stock  to compliment the siding /roofing

   Mike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore

   
   

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   MikeSmith | Oct 07, 2005 01:40pm | #2

   we stripped the edge back ... then hung our tarps from the eave to protect the siding..

   trying out our new toy.. a bostich cap stapler.. great tool !

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   the roof is stripped and papered in.. Ice &  water on the eaves,  RoofTopGuardII underlayment, bostich cap staples holding everything in place  ( we used to use roofing discs )

   folding up the lead flashing at the chimney ..... carefully.. some idiot glued it down with lexonite..

   and rolling the old roofing downhill.. out  the plank and into the dumpster..

   start roofing today..forklift delivery

    

    

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   Mooney | Oct 07, 2005 01:57pm | #3

   Good pictures.

   Thats a long way and a slow way to the dumpster. .

   I guess the people gotta have their life style with keeping the dumster at the street  or the dumster  couldnt go to the house .

   I have a trailer made to accept shingles from the house and a shute for it.

   No totum shingles.

   On second thought [went back and looked again] that is a long way from the ground and theres plenty of ground cover to worry about. What the heck, charge them for it !

    

   Tim

    

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   MikeSmith | Oct 07, 2005 02:22pm | #4

   only one layer... and no damage to the lawn.... the young dudes only have to wheel downhill..

    while i'm in the office bidding the next job..or making sure roy has what he needs over at the RFH sunroom job

   how you doing , pardner ?  when you gonna take a trip east and see how your eastern cousins  live ?  got the in-law suite all ready.... ask ralph & kathy about the cookin and accomodations, they'll probably give us at least 2 stars

    i could show you some Mooney wall and some grinnin customers in their warm , draft-free homesMike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore

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   Mooney | Oct 07, 2005 04:36pm | #6

   Thats a mighty fine offer but southern cows dont graze that far normally.

   You always got the same offer here ya know.

   Tim

    

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   seeyou | Oct 07, 2005 02:53pm | #5

   Where's your safety net and harness?

   I like to see photos of your jobs, Mike. Always well planned and executed.

   You ever snag a guy wire with those picks sticking out the front of your truck like that?Birth, school, work, death.....................

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   MikeSmith | Oct 07, 2005 10:49pm | #7

   no... but i did drop a 19' sailboat off a trailer once.... trying to move it with the mast upMike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore

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   MikeSmith | Oct 08, 2005 12:12am | #8

   my cousin, Bruce,  wanted me to go sailing with him today.. so i brought the LadderVator over to the guys and drove off into the sunrise..

   here's Bruce's boat "Sojurn" at her mooring

    

   and here's me at the helm...

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   MikeSmith | Oct 08, 2005 12:20am | #9

   must a worked ok.. when i got back , here's what i found...roof stocked, all the drip edge on.. chimney & skylight flashed and starter strip on..

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    the young dudes rock..

   here's some of our old roofing discs... and the new bostich cap staples

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   Edited 10/7/2005 5:21 pm ET by MikeSmith

   Edited 10/7/2005 5:22 pm ET by MikeSmith

   
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   Sphere | Oct 08, 2005 12:31am | #11

   Mike, info on the cap stapler please?  Cost, cost of caps..weight wise worth it etc?

   I'll be wrapping the house in felt REAL soon ( finally am there) and looks like my back roof will be needing a  tear off...Cu's Latin guys still nail all the caps on ( I don't know why) so we don't have one that I can borrow. 

   I think I might just buy one..wanna hear your take on it. Please.  Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks

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   MikeSmith | Oct 08, 2005 12:43am | #13

   check the prices online... you'll like the gunMike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore

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   seeyou | Oct 08, 2005 01:24am | #14

   Josh had a Hitachi cap nailer. It left the nail heads too proud of the caps to use under copper and the nails are expensive. I think the nail expense gets washed if we don't get anymore roof planes where we have to back and hand bang the caps after we've shot them. I'll check with Mike later and see if he still likes the Bostich and reconsider. Chileo hasn't been too interested in one.Birth, school, work, death.....................

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   Sphere | Oct 08, 2005 01:29am | #15

   The Bostich is a staple on. I can see where Chileo wouldn't bother, he is SO damn fast at hand nailing them. I swear he hits em in with one whap and somehow gets his fingers away in time.  Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks

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   calvin | Oct 08, 2005 12:37am | #12

   Mike, why did they hang onto that aged skylight when cherrying out the roof?  Interior finish or "other".  Doesn't stand far off that roof.

   thanks.Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.

   Quittin' Time

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   Luka | Oct 08, 2005 12:24am | #10

   You should do that more often. You look 20 years younger.

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   JohnT8 | Oct 10, 2005 06:11pm | #16

   OK, so they trust Mike at the helm while the boats moored...what does that tell us?

   ;)jt8

   "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." -- Mark Twain 

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   jeffwoodwork | Oct 11, 2005 02:03am | #17

   Ok not to rock the boat but that dumpster plank, that ain't OSHA approved.  Actually I don't know if it is or isn't but I'm sure some safety guy somewhere would have something to say.

   So five years ago would that reroof have been what 30-40 % cheaper?

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   MikeSmith | Oct 11, 2005 03:06am | #18

   the plank ?  no side guards. but other than that... good to go

   as far as 30-40% less money 5 years ago... probably.. no , not probably... for sure !

   but  c'est la vie.. wudda , cudda, shoulda..

    we just finished another roof about  a month ago.. it was the second half of a job we did 7 years ago..

    people do what their budget allows

    Mike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore

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   JohnT8 | Oct 11, 2005 11:36pm | #19

   It takes folks 7 years to save up enough $$ for you to do one HALF of the roof?!  Wow, I do NOT want to know what you charge!

    

    

   :)jt8

   "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." -- Mark Twain 

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   MikeSmith | Oct 11, 2005 11:41pm | #20

   just like a train leaving the station... you gotta run fast to catch upMike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore

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   MikeSmith | Oct 13, 2005 02:30am | #21

   rained all weekend... raining still today.. but  the guys worked until lunch.. got about half of one side on

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   MikeSmith | Oct 26, 2005 07:00am | #22

   Chuck &  Mike finished up last week... here they are showing off their handiwork..

    and the trucks are all loaded up for demobilizationMike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore