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Must be the age?

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Just a few months ago I decided I was going to roof my house myself after seeing the quotes... Nope not happening! Last week I crawled up on dad's roof to find a leak, it was shot, the whole thing needed replaced and it being dad I wasn't about to tell him to hire it out but I sure as hell am hiring mine out!

If it wasn't for whiskey I wouldn't have made it but boy am I feeling it and it isn't even done yet!
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Should be a breeze for a young man like you.
Physically yes but a fear of heights means I burn way more energy from clinging on for dear life haha. It's just not a comfy situation for me.
 
I think with age comes wisdom. There used to be a time when I would walk fire sprinkler lines from one end of a building to the other. Im talking 4 inch or bigger lines not the small stuff. But now? Not on your life I guess i realize I am not nearly as bullet proof as I once thought. We had to build a scaffold 3 high to work in a church sanctuary. I tried to go up and stand there my legs and nerves were not having it. Instead my 21 year old son went up there fearless like I once was. Here is that picture. And on another job there was a foyer fixture in the middle of an open staircase. My dumbass gets up on a pallet on a duct lift. That was my last height thing. Also is a video of that.

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Just a few months ago I decided I was going to roof my house myself after seeing the quotes... Nope not happening! Last week I crawled up on dad's roof to find a leak, it was shot, the whole thing needed replaced and it being dad I wasn't about to tell him to hire it out but I sure as hell am hiring mine out!

If it wasn't for whiskey I wouldn't have made it but boy am I feeling it and it isn't even done yet!View attachment 1187493View attachment 1187494

I’m just curious. Is that an optical illusion or is the roof blocking the chimney?
 
I’m just curious. Is that an optical illusion or is the roof blocking the chimney?
It's blocked off, he hasn't used it in 20 years and didn't feel like tearing it down so we knocked it down below the roofline.
 
Is the old roof on your dad's Ondura panels ?
Yes, I hate that crap! They claim an impressive warranty but you really have to keep up on the paint or it won't last 10 years. They've since changed the way it's made, what they offer nowadays looks better?
 
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They would have a hay day out here, fortunately "out here" isn't where they ever are nor would be welcome.:lol:
That was a "tongue in cheek" comment but, I worked with them for 40 years as a steamfitter. They're just attempting to protect labor from unscrupulous employers.
Mike
 
That was a "tongue in cheek" comment but, I worked with them for 40 years as a steamfitter. They're just attempting to protect labor from unscrupulous employers.
Mike
I know you were just poking some fun, I just have little use for them. To me they're nothing more than legalized racketeering! I'm a maintenance supervisor so I get to cary out their orders and see the BS first hand. I can build railing or guard by code and they'll come in and demand more when I'm clearly within their guidelines. Fortunately we see very little of them.

A necessary evil I suppose but like all government agencies they've gotten out of control.
 
I think with age comes wisdom. There used to be a time when I would walk fire sprinkler lines from one end of a building to the other. Im talking 4 inch or bigger lines not the small stuff. But now? Not on your life I guess i realize I am not nearly as bullet proof as I once thought. We had to build a scaffold 3 high to work in a church sanctuary. I tried to go up and stand there my legs and nerves were not having it. Instead my 21 year old son went up there fearless like I once was. Here is that picture. And on another job there was a foyer fixture in the middle of an open staircase. My dumbass gets up on a pallet on a duct lift. That was my last height thing. Also is a video of that.

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Dude, I'm a 40+ year fire sprinkler guy and you'll NEVER catch me walking the pipe. I know better. :)

You needed what we call a "one man Genie" type lift for that foyer - you know, the correct tool for the job lol.
I have been lifted up in warehouses and factories more than once on pallets sitting on forklift forks, though -
you won't see that these days, what with everyone freaked out about insurance and OSHA anymore.
 
When we had our cabin roof replaced with a metal one back in 2016 we hired a company to do it. I don't get up on ladders anymore.
 
Yes, I hate that crap! They claim an impressive warranty but you really have to keep up on the paint or it won't last 10 years. They've since changed the way it's made, what they offer nowadays looks better?
I almost used Ondura panels when I re-roofed my house but went with Galvalume and am damn glad I did. The new roof on your dads house will outlive him and you but might need to recheck the screws for seal tightness after 10 years or so. They say to check the screws every couple of years for tight seal but with the technology used in today's roofing screw washers they last a lot longer than they did 20 - 30 years ago.
 
My future father-in-law at the time, helping with building his house, told me he got more wary of heights as he got older. At that time, in my early 20’s, I was pretty fearless. I may have avoided injury or worse by more luck than skill (same guardian angel that saved me a few times in my old rides). Funny my career later, after deciding to go to college, would be in safety. The latter could be part reason why I got more leery of heights as I got older investigating injuries on worksites. Not completely, I don’t have the physical benefits of youth anymore. One case – a 20 year old on a jobsite fell off a wall only around 6-feet into a pile of sand/gravel. You’d think lucky? Paralyzed from the NECK down! His mother and mine worked together. He would beg his mother and sister to kill him after months of lying in a bed. Others having fallen from higher levels got up and were fine. I still get up on ladders to do projects; but nothing like I once would do...nope no more getting upon my 8/12 pitch roof.
 
I almost used Ondura panels when I re-roofed my house but went with Galvalume and am damn glad I did. The new roof on your dads house will outlive him and you but might need to recheck the screws for seal tightness after 10 years or so. They say to check the screws every couple of years for tight seal but with the technology used in today's roofing screw washers they last a lot longer than they did 20 - 30 years ago.
I feel bad because I did roof my house with it which is what led him to doing the same, it looked great, had a great warranty so what could go wrong? Here's what we found as the culprit behind his leak. The sun literally bakes the asphalt right out of the material to where it's absorbent, how it turned into little holes I don't know but it's enough for me to never use it again. My roof is holding up a bit better, possibly because his faces east and west and gets way more sun. He also elected to install it directly over purlins, I advised against it but that was after hurricane Katrina and plywood was through the roof. Oh well, he should be good for life now.
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