Or maybe that was cold stiff. At any rate I thought I would share a couple of shots I took while doing a re-roof contract this weekend. Nothing special about them other than I don't think one normally sees construction shots taken from a roof in northern Canada
tsandling - Yes he's stripping the roof of the old shingles.
Steady - It wasn't actually too bad, maybe -10c (14f) at the coldest. Fall protection is mandatory or else you'll get shut down by Worker's Comp. THey are a good idea however even though they are a pain in the butt sometimes.
Haha O man. This brings back serious memories. I roofed as well two summers ago. Conditions were a little different though, summer in AZ = 120 F (49 C) degree loviness. And we didn't really worry about safety harnesses since we always had nice soft cactus to land on
Don't normally see those shots for sure. Cool shots. Not so cool memories.
Thats it dude you prance around taking photos and the other lad can do all the hard work!
lol!
See now that totally ruined my visions of our geofan being Mr. Tough Construction Worker Guy. I totally wanted to bring him a beer and bake him cookies until you framed the experience that way. lol
bcerasani - It is a great value and if I dropped it up there ... no big loss! Yes there isn't much processing at all on these.
mikethevilla - I don't know which would be worse the cold or the blistering heat? I think I would take the cold as you can always dress warmer. In the excessive heat there is really nothing you can do.
Brian - tell you what mate why don't you ask that poor lad where he was when I had to hump the 100 bundles onto those roofs? Plus if he complained I would take away his 10min lunch break!
Agile - Don't let Scottish friend there jade you, you can bring beer and cookies by anytime.
It should be said I recently returned to construction and working for myself, leaving my corporate cubicle world behind. So needless to say my pencil pushing hands and every other muscle in my body ache like crazy, but I'm loving it! Re-roofing is gross work and normally I wouldn't have anything to do with it ... but I gave an outrageous rate and they said yes so I just had to take the job.
I've been on that roof - 10,000 feet in Colorado in December - and I'm not going back. And yeah, same reason - the money was too good. First you shovel the 8" of snow off the roof (mostly 10 in 12s up there) then you start working. We did metal, but it's the same idea. People who don't do construction really don't have a clue how much mental effort and physical abuse it takes day after day. I don't see any air. Too cold or not equipped? Stay safe. I won't bother to say stay warm cause there's no way.
mikethevilla - I don't know which would be worse the cold or the blistering heat? I think I would take the cold as you can always dress warmer. In the excessive heat there is really nothing you can do.
Haha I'm a firm believer in hating the heat. You can only strip down so much before people start dialing the cops...
OntheRez - Yep you got it. My wife is out of town until this afternoon so I've had a two break but I've gotta head back to finish tomorrow, hopefully be done by Sunday ... Gotta start psyching myself up. Yeah I run air, just not in any of the pictures. I actually fried my Bostich compressor the second day on the job, so I had to finish that day by hand before I could purchase a new compressor. That sucked!
Mike - Yep, nobody likes a roof top streaker! Don't get me wrong, if it was a balmy +15 Celcius I would actually be enjoying myself.
Oh what a difference from the way I've done it. My husband was a home-builder for 40 years, and I've helped do whatever- including roofing and even concrete work - when needed. But usually ours was in 99 degree/79% humidity work!
I'll take mine over theirs!
Great job of documenting a group of "working stiffs" —and that puts whole new meaning to that term!
Are you up in the NWT? I remember you had the Great bear lake pictures aswell (great series). Damn it looks cold up there already.
Interesting to see the chip board down for the roof ply, we usually stick with the plywood as it is not as slippery when wet or if there is a little frost on it. Anyway enjoy the roof, I am happy I am not there with you.
mkweaver - Yeah we'll I'll take yours over ours too.
Tim - Thanks and it's safety 1st kids!
Canon - Yes I'm in the NWT but it was Great Slave Lake but good memory! the chipboard has a layer of ice shield at the eves and roofing paper over the rest of the roof before the shingles go down.
