Trying to accomplish some smaller projects while waiting for the snow to melt.
These folks couldn’t line this chimney with stainless because of the wythe courses being quite narrow – so they direct vented the boiler and asked me to remove the chimney below the roof and board it in – then slate it.
You can see someone partially retopped what was once an impessive top with a routine brick job. Break it apart and haul it down in 5 er’s.
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Once below the plane of the roof I screwed a cleat on both rafters then screwed recycled matched boards over the opening and Graced it for the weekend.
I left the old flashings in place until I had time to slate it in.
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Winter storm over the weekend. Back at it on Tues. -stripping back the slates and old zinc step flashings so I could begin the relaying.
Slates all iced up takes much more time to use than during warm weather.
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I had a bunch of slates the same size 8" x 11" - so no cutting needed, except for where the original roofers cheated their courses over towards the chimney on the right side so I had to narrow up one slate on each course.
Ran out of slates today so I'll finish up in the morning.
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I've been in an out all day putting in a window.
On a NW wallDown here we've had a NW blow 30MPH at least and ccold enough to make my face burn/tingle. No WAY would I have been on a roof today!
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22 degrees here with 25 mph gusts. Wasn't too bad , but I wasn't up there all day either.
Going to my Bone Dr. in the morning in Falmouth for the other hip to be looked at - then back by noon to finish this up.
Warmer with less wind tomorrow.
Yep - I can run cedars around that window tomorrow maybe.
We'll be headed to Portland for Carole's mamagram et al late PM tomaorrow
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Looks cold.
My wife hated to see the shower after I got home from slating and cleaned up, does yours go ballistic or is she used to it..LOL
I been out in the 50's temps burning downed wood from the ice event...got a LOT more to go...come in here and check in, go out and drag more on the fire, repeat as needed.
Good wishes on the Dr. appt.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
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Duane,
Thanks for checking.
Yes there is little as filthy as stripping an old slate roof off that was installed 100 years before. I have the downstairs bath - hers is off the MBR.
Arthritis is starting to creep into the other hip now. Hoping to postpone any surgery until next Winter at the earliest.
Nice woodworking on the eyebrow vents !
Walter
Thank Ye Walter, I hope he sells a BOAT LOAD of them!
Heyyyyy..y'all could install some where the chimbly used to be!
Just one shower here, and I get to clean it if I slop it up with slate or cedar tearoff crud. Go figure.
Have em put a few grease fittings where ya have rubbing, probably do just fine.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
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That would make it tough putting on my U trous
Recessed Zerks, no hang ups. (G)Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
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You go first <G>
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Walter,As always, Nice work. That roof looks steep.Good luck at the bone Doctor.Chuck Slive, work, build, ...better with wood
Chuck,
My brackets were only 9/12 pitch , but the roof is more like 12/12 so it was tricky when snowy. I should have shimmed the plank up level , but stuff is buried in the back of my truck after the Winter we've had.
My other hip will need work down the road.
Thanks for checking in.
Best regards , Walter
LOL, I probably would have been tempted to find a skylight that size and put it in.
jt8
lotsa worse things happen to better people than me every day. --Snort
ou can have them made any size you want.Well, up to a limit. I hear the size of the Hubble telescope fetches a premium price
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Break it apart and haul it down in 5 er's.
tut tut, no sense of adventure. You get some really neat bounces when you let brick slide off a second story roof.
jt8
lotsa worse things happen to better people than me every day. --Snort
You must not of seen my response in another thread.
Bare ground technique is to get an old box spring from the transfer station and place it where you can throw the bricks onto it.
With the right wrist action you can get them to hit and bounce away a bit so no harm comes to the bricks that can be used for landscaping. If you've got a good ground man he should be able to grab 80% of them from the bounce - saves picking them up.
This was a sloped lot with lots of tenants cars around with lots of snow and ice so I did it the hard way. If I'd be re-topping it I would have had one of my power hoists there and a chimney bracket scaffold on the roof.
Since it was only removed to just below roof line and dead attic space above there would be no need for a skylight.
Walter