An interesting old school-house in the Adirondacks of New York needed some desperate attention. Besides it’s historic value, it retains considerable sentimental value for the family who owns it. The roof had started leaking and the owners asked me to help with putting on a metal roof. For starters it was a long way from home and being out so far in the wilderness there was little room for forgetting tools or materials. In one instance we were able to find a lumberyard in the next town that carried the closure strips we needed so it seemed they could have supplied us with more but everything else we hauled up from Rutland.
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- Foliage blocking scaffolding access.
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- No clearance for ladders or staging.
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- Not as crowded on the North side but lots to trip on.
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- View of the north side before.
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- Work station where the panels were marked for screw layout.
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- We even put in the foam closures to keep the wasps out from under the ribs.
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- The finished roof, north side.
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- Even with much of the foliage cut back it is difficult to see the roof!
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- Installing the last piece of roofing.
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- Two latter hook ladders on the roof and staging at the drip edge made the job go quickly.
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- Tim liked to walk the ridge.
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- South side completed.
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- Roofing the cricket.
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- Final piece of flashing.
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- The finished cricket. Red dust is from sawing a kerf in the brick.
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