Hi, my name is David and I live in Kansas City, MO with my wonderful wife, dog, and our cat. I figured I should tell you a little about myself before just jumping into this whole mess I call "construction/weekend project". This blog is about my adventure in regards to re-roofing my house. I have been searching and searching the Internet, reading books, watching videos, etc trying to make sure I don't have leaks once done. However, I've noticed one very interesting trend, there's lots of information, but it's all spread all over the place which makes putting it together in one easy to use How-To very very painful. So that's what I'm doing. I'm going to create this blog to put together step by step instructions, cost of project, and all the "fun" things I learn along the way - I say "fun" due to every project with my house has never once gone to plan. So this will be a good place to read if you are like me and your house isn't perfect like all the ones in the books and web articles I've reviewed.
Now about me and my skill-set. I'm 28 years old and a computer geek for the most part. By day I'm a computer programmer and night...... well I'm still a geek by night, but a handy one. During my college days I worked for a Pool Construction company for 3 years and learned a lot about construction in general. Before that I grew up living many different environments - everything from the suburbs to 40 acres in the country with 16 horses. So I developed many different skills over that time as well. Mostly I learned - I can pretty much do anything if try hard enough and I'm never above doing something I would ask someone else to do. With that said, I also like to save money and that's one of the biggest reasons for doing this myself. Lets be honest - who would want to do a roof because it's a fun job. I plan to have fun, but I look forward to the finish line. And also just to prove anyone can do this - I'm a seasonal allergy suffer with asthma and this is the worst time of the year for me right now, cottonwood trees and pollen are my kryptonite. So if I can make it through this.... anyone can.
OK, with all the details out of the way, here is the project in a nutshell - complete tear off and re-roofing of 15.6 squares (1560 square feet for the rest of us) - I'll explain squares later, in a 3.5 day span. I plan to beg and plead to have any and all of my friends and family help by any means necessary - after all, they're friends and family for a reason. Help currently consist of (two brother-in-laws, one friend from work, one friend from old job, and mother-in-law and her husband) all agreed to help a little here and there.
So far I have bought the materials minus a few last minute items and hope to install this coming weekend. Currently however - rain is in the forecast which means most likely, we'll have to reschedule. But I'm planning for the best still.
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