Last Saturday, my brother came over and put a new roof on the front half of the barn! He'll come back in a couple of weeks to do the back half.
Here's how the roof looked before, taken just as Nick started working on in (I forgot to take one earlier!)
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| Back of Barn |
We picked a gray color shingle to compliment the color of the slate that's on the house.
Mike had them delivered ahead of time, so everything was ready to go when my brother arrived.
Mike had them delivered ahead of time, so everything was ready to go when my brother arrived.
We were lucky that there was only 1 layer of roofing on the barn, so we didn't have to rip it first.
In approx. 5 hours, the entire front was complete! I couldn't believe how quickly he got it done!
Look how much better...
Disregard the missing windows, the gross garage door, and the peeling paint, we'll get to that down the road! The first step is getting the roof on so that the rest of the building is protected.
We were lucky that this past winter was a mild one... Nick said that some of the wood beneath the shingles was exposed, but none were rotted (which could have been the case if snow had been sitting on it for the whole winter!)
We were lucky that this past winter was a mild one... Nick said that some of the wood beneath the shingles was exposed, but none were rotted (which could have been the case if snow had been sitting on it for the whole winter!)
A BIG, HUGE THANK YOU to Nick for helping us out on this one!
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