My Albatross, Part 2

After raising and stabilizing inside the roof, and all of that pretty much took a week to complete, we moved outside. First came the stripping of both wood and asphalt shingles, the latter at least 50 years old, the former even older.

 

 

Then the endless pounding of leftover nails.

 

To strengthen and support the old roof Wayne decided to lay 2x4 'sleepers' on end, on top of the old rafters. The nice thing about Wayne's plan is that the sleepers will extend past the old, basically nonexistent, eaves and the house will now have proper eaves which will provide not only more shade but also some definition to an otherwise rectangular design.

 

An Idaho morning and the once and future sun room, minus the washer and dryer:

 

As mentioned, nothing is straight or true so we had to do some serious finagling with the sleepers to insure that the plywood would align and seams would fall on the sleepers for nailing. From there, felt paper, fascia, soffit, and, finally, shingles will be laid in pretty much the same way as any other roof.

A little helper (thanks for the photo, Bob!):

 

Slow work and long days that last into the night: