Here we are, back again. Kevan says it is a good job the house is going faster than the blog. Not much to say to that.

This is Kevan (rear view) starting to put Typar on the roof, refining his high-wire act. We wish that we had carried the Typar from just about where you see the scaffolding plank, to the same level on the other side. It would be much more economical and easier to do, as it takes just one 9' wrap around the ground floor to complete the job. Easy to say now.






This is the back side of the house, once the insulation and strapping is on... and what's that, WINDOWS??...

The reason why we are working in the sequence we are, is because it takes half a day to move the Alumapole scaffolding, so it is easier to complete as much as possible wherever it is erected before moving it again.





Because Kevan is working on his own and is unable to lift the roofing sheets, he devised this method of hauling them onto the roof. It is a 24' extension ladder covered with scrap 2" insulation. He sits at the peak of the roof and hauls them up via a piece of clothes line tied to a pair of vise grips holding the roof sheet. It worked very well while he had a direct pull, but was less successful when he came to the end of the roof and ran out of room for the two ladders that keep him up there.

Note the wood block to the right of the chute which holds the roofing sheet in place while Kevan gets down from the peak of the roof and is on the scaffolding. He then moves the chute off to the right, detaches the wooden block and lets the roofing sheet slide down into place where he holds it with the vise grips.



We picked up a hint from another site about curling the roofing sheets to make them rigid and able to be handled by a single person (or someone married to a coward).










This is the sheet ready to be hauled up to the roof. Note that the bungee cord has been taken from the bottom of the sheet. This makes the sheet more stable as it is hauled up the roof.















Kevan drilling hole for the first screws. The roof sheet is held by the vise grips (bright spot above right side of the window).












For Kevan's 61st birthday I let him down off the roof long enough to mow the fields on The Big Red Tractor (with multiple attachments and headlamps for night racing).