Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Roofers

[crokett]

Don't let 'em pick up shingles and drive them ole' nails - let 'em be doctors and lawyers and own boats with sails...

Ugh. I surely am glad I have an office job. I got the back half (well not half, since the porch has a roof but you know what I mean) shingled today. Even though I had a tractor to lift the shingles up there it was still tough. I am not sure I will have enough for the front side. The shingles also don't match, but at 20 bucks a square from Craigslist, I'm not picky. They just need to keep things dry. I took a picture but will post it tomorrow. I think it will be the first one of the back side of the shop - just to prove it isn't some Hollywood type facade or something.

[Mr__Bill]

If the shingles don't match just randomize them. It looks like you meant to do it for the looks.

Bill

[Crash2510]

just go to carter lumber they always have old shingles around here for 5 dollars a square

just bought 3 square for 48 dollars and they were like new

[jackellis]

I have a lot of respect for craftspeople and folks who do hard manual labor for a living. The older I get, the more I respect them and the happier I am to pay them instead of doing it myself.

[Hellrazor]

Come on David... roofing something that size isn't that bad. We did a 35square roof, with only 2 people, including the tearoff, some deck repair and hand nailed both the tarpaper and 40yr shingles.

[reddog552]

AWWW Shingling

I havent done any in a while.Back in my younger days i did Hundreds +. Did a charity job for mu sister,2 story ALL cut up,LOTS OF VALLEYS.It was 45 square, the matching garage 20sq.My sister carried shingles. I hand nailed. instaled new drip edge,snow guard,new flashing,the works. it took us 2 weeks,we shingled in the day drank by night. That had to be One of the best times in my life.Shingling Is Good For You.

[germdoc]

Be careful!

One of my current patients fell off a roof while drinking on the job. 5 broken ribs and a broken sternum, 3 cracked vertebrae, 2 pneumonias and a tracheostomy later, he is starting to recover. Gettin' a little ornery in fact, which is a good thing.

I bet he wishes he had called in sick that day...

[Knottscott]

We re-roofed our house in the July of 2005. 2700 sq.ft., 3 peaks, 3 sky lights, two stories, one valley, one chimney, one garage, one L-shaped addition, one porch over hang, and never ever again! I remember working for the first 2-3 hours, looking up at what I had done vs what I had left to do, and knew immediately I was in for a very long haul. It was a really hot summer too. I have a ton of respect for the guys that do roofing for a living, but never had the ambition to become one.

The best money I spent was having the shingles delivered to the roof. The 2nd best money spent was buying a refurbed PC175 roofing nailer, then reselling it on Ebay used for $12 less than I paid....sure beats $35/day rental.

Good luck!

[drillman88]

My neighbor had his house reshingled last week and I saw something I had never seen before, a one armed roofer. He held his own(pun intentended) with the others. He would've been unemployed without a nailer though.

[BobSch]

I have a lot of respect for craftspeople and folks who do hard manual labor for a living. The older I get, the more I respect them and the happier I am to pay them instead of doing it myself.

Amen, brother.

Many years ago I helped my FIL shingle a large garage/shed. Wouldn't even consider it today.

[gsmittle]

Roofing is on my List of Things I'll Happily Pay Someone Else to Do, along with laying carpet, tile, and finishing concrete.

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[crokett]

Come on David... roofing something that size isn't that bad.

I suppose not but if you ever wanted to convince your kid to stay in school, send him or her out with a roofing crew or concrete crew. That's about as good an argument to stay in school as I know. And no, this does not imply that all roofers are dropouts, just that if you are a dropout there aren't that many jobs you qualify for.

[Hellrazor]

I suppose not but if you ever wanted to convince your kid to stay in school, send him or her out with a roofing crew or concrete crew. That's about as good an argument to stay in school as I know. And no, this does not imply that all roofers are dropouts, just that if you are a dropout there aren't that many jobs you qualify for.

I would put a kid on a concrete crew that has to do 15 yards of wheelbarrow work or a 30+ square 2 story roof and he needs to hump 40yr shingles up a ladder. When he wakes up a few days later you can ask him how it was

I actually like roofing and concrete work... but I wouldn't want to do it as a living.