Roof is off!

After a day of heavy rains, today was followed by a beautiful - and for roof work - perfect day! We actually had a thin layer of ice on the roof this morning, but it melted away as the sun came out.

Tom and Jim worked mostly on the front, building up support for the new facia, while we continued tearing the old roof off. By late afternoon, it was all gone, and cleaned up (well, maybe not in a perfect sense since we tossed a lot of debris out of sight into the backyard). Managed to get the tarps up and anchored by 7.30PM so we almost got it all done by sunset. Just bracing for a cold night inside since there is nothing to trap the heat in the house and the forecast calls for bone chilling temperatures (considering Seattle weather).

Lots on the plate for tomorrow, so no lengthy update tonight. I'll let the photos here talk for themselves.

PS: Do not EVER - EVER - buy a Firestorm Powertool by Black&Decker. I did by a reciprocating saw (aka "sawsall") specifically for this project and it did not even last an hour. A real piece of junk that goes back to the store! I borrowed Tom's DeWalt saw (also by Black&Decker, go figure...) during the day today and if we would have had that one from the get go, it would have cut the roof demolition time by more than 50% - what a difference! :DS