After a few back-and-forth’s with the delivery guy, and after a few weekends of rain…drum roll please…we have a metal roof! To my surprise, it was easier than I thought it would be. Of course, that could be due in part to the fact that Melissa did a lot of the work. Melissa and I got nearly all the panels in place in a single day.
We ordered panels from a guy we found on Craigslist. His prices were fantastic – just about half what we would have spent at McCoy’s, Lowes or Home Depot – plus, he included the screws. As I mentioned, there were some delivery delays, but everything worked out.
The roofing guy fabricated the panels so that there would be a single panel on each side of the peak. Each of the 12 panels is 20′ long and roughly 3′ wide. And man, let me tell you, them suckers is heavy! To get them on the roof, we first lined them up on the ground. Then, lifting them over her head, Melissa climbed the ladder to get the edge of the panel up on the trusses. Then I walked the panels up the roof – one of the few times my 300-plus pounds was actually a benefit. Melissa then climbed into the rafters and secured the peak edge while I held things in place. Once she secured the peak edge, I secured the drip edge, and we were off to get the next panel. After they were all up, Melissa went back and screwed down the panels into the furring strips every foot or so.
Bill Hancock – who has been a tremendous help throughout the project – appeared once again to help with the cuts around the pole (for rural internet) as well as the ridge cap. You can see Bill and Melissa below prepping the peak edge for the ridge cap.
