Patchwork Roof

We finally extracted what's left of the old chimney. It wasn't hard, but somehow having a huge hole in your roof is unnerving, and getting around to dealing with the chimney took some time. We could have picked a better day for it as well. It was misting in the morning, and by the time the repair was complete it was raining pretty heavily.

First the chimney came out. All that took was going up on the roof and lifting it out. If we'd only know it was going to be that easy! Then we had to rip off the galvanized sleeve that the chimney sat in. It was nailed and tarred in place. It wasn't too hard to remove. A little patience when removing the nails was all it took. Note: when roofing, knee pads are recommended. We'll remember that for the next round.

The patch was a cinch. We cut some plywood to fit the hole and nailed it in and supported it with some 2x4's.

We had to cut away the shingles that were surrounding the patch to prepare the area for new roofing felt paper and new shingles.

When the new shingles were being nailed down, the rain was really coming down. The room down below got a little wetter that we'd anticipated. All the rows of new shingles got nailed down except the last one (the top one). That one got glued in because there is no way to nail it in since it got sandwiched under the next row of old shingles. While the patch isn't the prettiest in the world, it seems to work just fine. Besides, we'll be re-roofing next summer for sure.

A note about the color... we couldn't remember what color our shingles were while we were at the store. We guessed wrong and were too lazy to go back and make the exchange. Oh, well. Our neighbors in the monstrosity can gaze at our handiwork.