Chimney Away, Venting and rotted tongue-in-groove boards
The roofing work continues.
The part of the chimney above the roof has been removed. We get enough whole bricks to get our walkway half the distance to completion on the North side (up to the back driveway).
A "course" is nine bricks and I figure 7-8 courses is possible. Well, certainly not more than that.
Most of the bricks need to be cleaned off...I only found four which I could use immediately.
The roofers drilled 2 inch diameter holes in the molding around the base of the roof and pulled the plywood and tongue-in-grove subroofing (probably original with the house) to make room for baffles to carry air through the attic. The holes were fitted with wire mesh to keep the mice out.
In at least one place this drilling demolished the molding, so I hope it is replaced. The tongue-in-groove boards that go over the eaves self-destructed as roofing tiles were pulled. This made the area difficult for roofers to even walk on, so repair is both structural and aesthetic.
So on Sunday they will come with new tongue in groove boards and re-construct what was obviously going to go anyway.
That work will cost me another $1400 (at least). I am budgeting $2000.
The work has made a mess of my landscaping...brick mortar in with the medium bark I just put in last weekend, the supply of baffles on top of my forget-me-nots in Squeakers' Corner and bits of roofing everywhere. The plants in Squeakers' Corner were fading anyway, with exception of the piggy back plant which might have continued for a while. They managed to miss my mystery plant, so we will see how that does.
So after the roof is in will probably be engaged in clean-up, brick cleaning, walkway work, and painting.
I will scrape together the balance owed and lay low financially until September.
It does look like it will come to-gether...and become the foundation for adding solar panels and new siding...plus help finish the walkway and continue the outside improvements.
The interesting thing is that the driveway improvement actually enabled the roof (needed for access by the dump truck)...and the roof enables solar work...and that will enable purchase of an electric vehicle.
The part of the chimney above the roof has been removed. We get enough whole bricks to get our walkway half the distance to completion on the North side (up to the back driveway).
A "course" is nine bricks and I figure 7-8 courses is possible. Well, certainly not more than that.
Most of the bricks need to be cleaned off...I only found four which I could use immediately.
The roofers drilled 2 inch diameter holes in the molding around the base of the roof and pulled the plywood and tongue-in-grove subroofing (probably original with the house) to make room for baffles to carry air through the attic. The holes were fitted with wire mesh to keep the mice out.
In at least one place this drilling demolished the molding, so I hope it is replaced. The tongue-in-groove boards that go over the eaves self-destructed as roofing tiles were pulled. This made the area difficult for roofers to even walk on, so repair is both structural and aesthetic.
So on Sunday they will come with new tongue in groove boards and re-construct what was obviously going to go anyway.
That work will cost me another $1400 (at least). I am budgeting $2000.
The work has made a mess of my landscaping...brick mortar in with the medium bark I just put in last weekend, the supply of baffles on top of my forget-me-nots in Squeakers' Corner and bits of roofing everywhere. The plants in Squeakers' Corner were fading anyway, with exception of the piggy back plant which might have continued for a while. They managed to miss my mystery plant, so we will see how that does.
So after the roof is in will probably be engaged in clean-up, brick cleaning, walkway work, and painting.
I will scrape together the balance owed and lay low financially until September.
It does look like it will come to-gether...and become the foundation for adding solar panels and new siding...plus help finish the walkway and continue the outside improvements.
The interesting thing is that the driveway improvement actually enabled the roof (needed for access by the dump truck)...and the roof enables solar work...and that will enable purchase of an electric vehicle.