Like father like son - except the son is a lefty.
You have to admire - Gary - Gary Wayne - Josh - and Joe. Today was unbearably hot and humid. The sun was burning holes in flesh. And they were up on the roof. Josh was down on the ground passing 3/4 inch plywood sheets up 10 feet to Gary Wayne. Gary Wayne had to fight a 6/12 slope - all that sweat - and then lift upward the same 75 pound sheets. The builders were very professional - no complaining - just hard work.
Gary Wayne had to lift the sheets - then turn and place them where in place - then they had to line up the tongues and grooves. Finally they had to drive 60 Roundrive ring nails into each sheet. Florida Hurricane Code - requires so many nails per board.
The roof is pitched 6/12. That means for 12 feet horizontally - it goes 6 feet vertically. The house I built in Tamaqua had a 12/12 roof. When they hammer next to each other - it is like looking in a mirror - a before and after mirror :-) Thinking back to 1973 in Tamaqua when Paul and I were building the chalet - Those August days up on that 12/12 nailing down the wooden shakes was one of the toughest jobs I ever had. My Dad - he was 57 - came up to help. He was sweating so much that he made a bandana out of his handkerchief - he looked like a hippie. I see Gary sweating here and think of him.
Notice the edge of the 3/4 inch sheet of 7-ply plywood is tongue and groove. When you walk on it - it does not budge. They got about 1/3 of the roof done today. What a job!
Ring nails are like fish hooks. They like to go in - but can't come out. The green colored part is a plastic that melts from the pressure going in - then it cools to act like Superglue. They cost around 3 cents a nail.
This is what the 10 x 10 x 60 porch looks like in the shade. You could park a big motor home under there and it would be well-protected and hidden from the street.
After this picture was taken - the crew had to roll out Titanium sheeting to waterproof the area - and protect the plywood. Again - it is a peaked roof - the top hats will go on once they have a good place to stand.
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