Roofing week

As I mentioned in the last post, Austin took the entire week off from work last week and spent most of it on a roof.  He did a good job picking the only week this summer where it didn't rain!  The first Saturday was spent tearing off the old and installing a new brown metal roof on the slant above Emily's bedroom and the upstairs bathroom.  A good friend came over to help.  The heat index was close to 100 degrees that day and probably higher on the roof.  Austin also added a gutter because previously there was none. 

Most of the rest of the week was dedicated to the flat roof above the breakfast nook in the kitchen, which leaked through onto the kitchen table when the snow melted this spring.  It was in pretty bad shape. 

The tear-off revealed that even though the last roofers put rows of plywood, the original roof was actually slanted in many ways, coming to a slight peak just outside the door and creating valleys for runoff close to the house. 

It also revealed a rotting rafter and fascia boards. 

After replacing/fixing everything, Austin carefully put together the puzzle pieces to resheet the roof at the proper angles. 

He then installed a rubber roof.  I don't even pretend to know how it all works, but it looks pretty good!  He still has some final water-proofing measures to finish up after some additional materials come in. 

With brand new cedar shake shingles installed on the rest of the house in 1999, hopefully we're done with roofs on the house for the rest of the time we live there.  The detached garage has asphalt shingles, but that's pretty new, too.  Who else has four very different and distinct roofing materials on their dwelling?!?