What a great day, or day and a half!
Joe and I and Charles Locke, the house captain, met early in the week to discuss the game plan. I was skeptical, at best, that we could finish the project in a day, so we made a plan to attack the roof on Friday. Four of us (Josh, Joe, Charles and myself) showed up after lunch, plus the owner's son, Luke, and worked until 6:00 that evening getting a jump on things.
My concern was access to the roof, the height, the slope, finishing the project and keeping volunteers busy, all while having fun. Our project was to tear off shingles, re-sheath the roof, tar paper, flash, and install metal roofing and metal trim on half a roof, about 760 sf.
Here the owner of the house and the safety captain look on as we bend some of the rules of safety in an effort to finish the project on time!
We had a great crew. Charles Locke, Back In The Woods Works, was very knowledgeable and well equipped and brought a working partner Chad. Don Lash, who now lives in Everett, showed up as he does every year and was an incredibly hard worker. Two men, who's names have escaped me, one of whom had his son with him (very disappointed by the cut off of 18yrs for being on the roof), were the keystones to the whole operation and spent all day on the steep roof wearing harnesses and installing all the metal sheets.
Joe and I came in behind and did the fussy trim at the gable ends and the ridge cap. It was a tough and slow task, so by the time we got down, we were back to the original four--Charles, Joe, Josh and myself--the only workers still on site.
However, all in all, the hard work, the companionship, the amazing generosity of the community and the kindness I saw between young and old, republican and democrat, rich and poor was amazing.
Maybe every day should be a Hearts and Hammers day.
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