A weekend of Pearling
My brother and I headed on over to my dad’s place. We had some debates when crossing one of the bridges on his driveway. We kicked some built up snow to the side and crossed the river under it instead. Just as we arrived, three deer jumped across in front of us.
Dad has been building a new house since June. He has the foundation built up and is starting to work on the roof. We came up to visit and help him out. On Saturday night, he and my brother started boasting how powerful there cordless drills were. They put the two ends together and my brothers started to smoke. I tried to remind them that Grand mom told us boys to behave when we called her earlier on the phone.
On Sunday, we went to work. I am afraid of heights as soon as I get a few feet off the ground. Rather then work on the roof, I ran boards for the pearling. I also measured and cut them to size with a skill saw. My feet had gotten cold and wet with all of the snow. There was about seven inches of snow on the top floor of the house.
We would take breaks after each quarter of the roof was done. It took us the whole day to get the job done. My dad had an airgun that would nail the boards together in one shot. We were almost done with only a few boards left to cut. Our blade dulled up when my dad had run it through a nail. He was trimming some of the previous boards that were originally placed to keep the roof trusses together. We got another skill saw but the blade on it wasn’t meant for cutting through oak. We decided to call it a day.
In the end, we didn’t get any of the sheet metal up on the roof. This was the main goal of the weekend and the reason we needed drills. He has a box full of screws with rubber washers to prevent rain from getting into the attic. I’m a little concerned how he is going to get those sheets of metal up on the roof, but he always finds a way to get the job done.
December 13th, 2005 at 8:53 am
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December 13th, 2005 at 9:07 am
*yawns* putting roofs up in the middle of winter you say? Yeah i know.. but its a Moten thing.