UP ON THE ROOF

On this first day of autumn the sun came up peek-a-boo, like a winking promise to halt all the rains we've had lately. But the past week the weather cooperated for two major events. The annual Terry Fox Run for cancer research was held in the Beach. We always participate/donate in  honour and memory of our sisters. Go Terry, you're on everybody's Walk of Fame!

The big job at Wineva was the demolition of the original (i.e., rotting and leaking) double garage roof, then rebuilding a solid new one with a better slope for rain runoff. It all started Sunday with the very noisy sawing, crowbarring, and dumping of the old sections. I was seriously worried that the neighbours or a wandering Building Inspector might shut the job down mid-stream but all went well. In 5 hours my recently-immigrated German helper Marco and I stripped off the roof, leaving our hands slivered and the garage bays topless!

Then the more satisfying part --- placing new 20' rafters and overlaying the 4 x 8 sheets of chipboard to make a strong stable sloping platform. By Wednesday we were applying roof sealer and roll-roofing in 3' wide sections. (Not the usual shingles because the slope is still too shallow for those and water might find it's way through.) Trim pieces, drip edge, soffitt, and flashing came next --- the fine work that's not my favourite. After we had left the city there was a major rainfall: I'll be looking for any signs of leakage. Still to come is some roof patch goop and the overhead doors. Stay tuned.

Back at The View, fall is here officially as well as obviously in the changing colours and shorter days. And another sign ---- there's the Original busy-as-a-bee!