Storm Prep...
A good friend came over this morning and helped me move and secure the 24 remaining, open, paper-wrapped, 80 lb. bundles of shingles, in advance of Irene, which is now expected to be a tropical storm by the time it reaches us. Translation: 40 MPH sustained winds, with 70 MPH gusts.
Roofing material should be shrink wrapped in plastic. Shame on GAF for packaging this product in "green" materials (non-weather resistant).
To keep the expected 70 MPH gusts from littering the neighborhood with my expensive shingles, we stacked three tightly against each other, with three more perpendicular, on top. Then we tightly wrapped each of the top corners with three layers of stretchy food-wrap, and ran three layers around the entire stack, to keep the wind from getting between the individual shingles. For good measure, I ran a strip of duct tape around the perimeter as well. We'll see how this holds up to the winds.
Oh, one more detail: the stacks are oriented at 45 degrees to the "fall line", so that the expected heavy rain can't "pond" against an "uphill side". Whew.
I completed all of the shingle nailing, ending up soaked in the first band of rain, and the ridge vent can go on after lunch, in that gap I see, in the approaching rain.
Then we only need to get the beam antenna, planks, and ladder down, and move enough crap to get the cars in the garage.
Roofing material should be shrink wrapped in plastic. Shame on GAF for packaging this product in "green" materials (non-weather resistant).
To keep the expected 70 MPH gusts from littering the neighborhood with my expensive shingles, we stacked three tightly against each other, with three more perpendicular, on top. Then we tightly wrapped each of the top corners with three layers of stretchy food-wrap, and ran three layers around the entire stack, to keep the wind from getting between the individual shingles. For good measure, I ran a strip of duct tape around the perimeter as well. We'll see how this holds up to the winds.
Oh, one more detail: the stacks are oriented at 45 degrees to the "fall line", so that the expected heavy rain can't "pond" against an "uphill side". Whew.
I completed all of the shingle nailing, ending up soaked in the first band of rain, and the ridge vent can go on after lunch, in that gap I see, in the approaching rain.
Then we only need to get the beam antenna, planks, and ladder down, and move enough crap to get the cars in the garage.