Good morning beautiful Nauts! 🌞
Another cuppa #coffee☕ before returning to my reroof project. Sunroof leaked and rotted out the joists, so leaving it off this time. Have to replace one more sheet on the "okay" side this morning, then underlayment paper and roll roofing, finish up with Henry's. Hopefully get it all done before it gets nasty late this afternoon or tomorrow.
@FireMonkey I'd offer to help if I were closer--I'm still making the transition out of #hurricaneseason.
@MHS_Jenkins
👍Well thanks. I got this. Was in Fiona last year, so understand hurricane season.
@FireMonkey flat roofs.. ugh. You're brave, FM. 💜
@BosmangBeratna
Not brave.
Has to be done.
So do it.
The failing structural brickwork is worse.
120 year old slaked lime mortar is really just sand at this point.
@FireMonkey But it has a new roof!👍😬
@BosmangBeratna
I love me some precarious situations. 11/10, friend. That's no small undertaking
@BosmangBeratna
Yeah it's the failing brickwork. That's swelling out in about to collapse. That's going to be the real problem for temporaries. I'm putting plywood on both sides and bolting it together and slowly keep turning the bolts the charge back in place again 🙂 hahaha
@FireMonkey that's ingenuity, right there. ✅️
@BosmangBeratna
I'll post pics when I do it.
( the voice to text in that last post...whew. )
@FireMonkey I don't envy you the project. I've worked on 3 different old brick building retrofits (one of which was the Western Metals building in Petco Park) and they can be a real PITA! Lots of drilling and epoxy for Tee iron and steel flat bar straps.
@BosmangBeratna
Sounds exceptionally tedious, and absolutely comprehensive.
*shudders in ADD*
@BosmangBeratna The work itself wasn't particularly challenging (aside from site specific logistics) or dangerous, so I wasn't complaining at the time. LOL. I imagine that the engineering behind it was...interesting.
@FireMonkey
@FireMonkey @BosmangBeratna did something like that in a failing foundation wall, worked surprisingly well. Good luck!
@FireMonkey
Rubberized first?
Flat roofs are hard...
But also bleach first?
@InvaderGzim
Felt and roll roofing. Simple. Building is old, fragile walls, 2 ft. over the prop line into the alley. It may have to come down in the future, esp if I build another with mother in law qtrs overhead someday.
Bleach?
@FireMonkey
Understood...
Bleach to deal with the wet interior lumber to prevent mold... But would need to be able to dry...
But this stuff is literally incredible... Spray it and any mold or mildew disappears...
But whatever you do you should mitigate mold growth issues before you close it up...
@InvaderGzim
Oh I see. Yeah I replaced all the joists that were affected. Half of the roof remains the same and it's open underneath so everything can dry easily. I may replace the far edge joist which is rotted at the end or just remove the rottedpart and sister.
Tarpaper laid yesterday, roll roofing and sealing the joints and edges with Henry's today. Cool yesterday and today and wet/snow coming this afternoon. I should get it done just under the wire.
Going to put the kettle on now for #coffee.
Still dark out and 26°F at 6:30.