Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Building Hunt Camp - Phase 3

Now we are ready for the roof. Here there are many options available to choose from. Standard asphalt shingles, roll roofing, tin, galvanized steel, and steel. It really depends on your budget and look you want. I decided after a lot of research to opt for the galvanized steel. Largely because I wanted the look of tin, but wanted to keep it economical also.
Roof finished and nailing boards up


After pricing the 5-V tin it was almost $30 per 12 ft piece. While the corrugated galvanized steel was $11 per 12 ft piece. The cost savings enabled me to get a great roof at one third the price of tin, with a similar look. Plus I just like the corrugated look. So we covered the roof with twelve foot pieces of galvanized steel. This roof should last the rest of my life and my son's will have to worry about it before I do. However, before settling on the galvanized steel, I did go look at a lot of older barns that owners wanted torn down to see if I could recycle the roof tin from those barns. Most were OK at best, and after consideration I opted for a new roof.
Roof view from front
The new roof went on pretty fast, when you are covering twenty-four square feet with each piece it doesn't take long - However, since we did this last summer, we did have to break it up. When the sun got too high in the sky, it was just too hot to put the roof on with the sun reflecting on our faces. So we started at first light worked for several hours and stopped. Then the last hour of the day we finished.

Once the roof was on we had shade, I pulled out my hammock, strung it between some posts and took a nap enjoying the cool shade we just made.

Next step is underpinning, and starting on the walls.

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