Due to a rather late start because we were being lazy had some trouble getting motivated, we didn’t accomplish as much as we would’ve liked to.
Still we did quite a bit, most of it involving me on a ladder.
First order was to put up the end bits of T1-11 to enclose the rafter space. It was like watching David put together a puzzle.
Front done, it was time to move to the back, which went pretty darn fast.
And next was the last bit of the end eaves to put in place which took a bit of cussin’ time to do and required both of us. It also caused our second tool death: David’s 17 year old jigsaw bit the concrete and busted after being knocked off the pile of OSB.
He ran down to Wallyworld for a Black & Decker replacement.
Actual roofing work began. This was fun because we got to suit up for biological warfare and sweat ourselves silly don dust masks and safety goggles (for me) and glasses (for David). Why?
Because it was time to cut those full 4 x 8′ sheets of OSB in half and get them up on the roof. There was just no way two of us could manage forcing a full sheet 10 feet or so up into the air. Half sheets proved much more manageable.
Let me clue you in: It’s all in the angle of the ladder, people. Seriously.
David took the first one up and once we had it screwed into place, I decided to prove anything he could do, I could do too try my hand at the OSB delivery. Getting the half sheet to the ladder and started up was the hardest part. Once I’d managed that, I probably looked like a really tall inchworm, pushing it up the ladder and into David’s waiting hands.
I’ve apparently developed some muscles from all this unaccustomed physical labor. Wanna wrestle? Heh.
We had a storm brewing up north of us, and I kept a nervous eye on its constant flickering of lightning while we worked. David’s something of a lightning rod, people, and it’s not like I want to cash in on that life insurance policy I took out on him after the ‘almost getting his noggin bashed in‘ incident which is funding our home improvement projects.
We managed to get the east side of the roof mostly done before hustling inside.
I’m very happy to report that the Taj Mahal of Toolery shrugged off 61 mph winds from the storm’s gust front as though they were merely light breezes.
We’re getting pretty good at this stuff! 
Tags: lumber, rafters, roofing, safety, storage building, tools, weather