As some of you have known, I've started my major DIY project for this Summer: roof painting.
The stage one involves replacing old rusted roof nails with new screws, removal of rust on the roof iron and repair of damages caused by rust. I'm not making rapid progress but the work up on top of the world is not a bad way to spend your day. 🙂
Check out my new photo album, Project-R, to see what was involved in the first three days of my work on the roof.
I'll be updating the album as I progress and post update status at the comment section. 😉
Take the day off, its raining…
Sounds like a professional job, most of DIY is spent fixing up other peoples bodges
I am. 🙂 Just a faint drizzle here, not enough to cause leaks into the roof space, but enough to make roof slippery and dangerous.Actually I spent whole day yesterday patching the big holes on galvanised iron ridge I discovered under the lead capping. It's where the ridges join at angle and must have been a problematic spot. It looked like a repair has done replacing the length of ridge but wasn't done properly. Whoever did that slapped a patch of lead covering the whole thing but then driving nails at the corner through the patch at angle, ruining the water-tightness! Luckily the damage to corrugated iron underneath wasn't that bad, but the whole thing was a mess! So I lifted the lead cover, wire-brushed & treated rust, patched holes with the rubber backed alminium tape, painted the whole area with Gripset bitumen rubber solution and stuck the lead cover back on. I haven't properly sealed the flashing edges yet, so I wouldn't want a heavy rain right now. But a light drizzle should not be a problem. (I'll put before-during-after pictures when I'm done with the job)
😆 A real DIY botchup story. 😀
I prefer to think of it as inventive repair… 😀
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I didn't know what Gripset was a week ago 😆 The hardware store guys keep telling me I'll be a real pro when I'm finished. Them fluterers. 😮 😆 To tell you the truth I actually damaged the lead capping when I lifted it for the first time and created myself extra job already 😛 More gripsetting when the roof dries out.
That's right. Not like anyone will be coming to inspect your work. 😀
They would have a hard time finding me now if they did, that was three houses and one country ago 😀
I have soldered lead sheet together using a blowtorch and a screwdriver 😀 I overdid the shaping a little bit and it split 😆
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Thank you, Sami, for your support. But I have to tell you things may not be pretty on the roof top 😉
Maybe not pretty always but interesting 🙂 I wish I would have documented all those construction projects where I have been involved: helping my brother to build a boat, renovating my grandmothers house, removing tapestry and painting our walls… One would need a camera attached to some helmet like skydivers does 😀
Originally posted by serola:
Sounds like a lot of fun. 🙂 I always liked watching people make things. On-action shots may be too difficult in a real DIY job situation, but before and after shots are also often interesting.