Feelin' good

You know, there's something about accomplishing something worthwhile. Even though it may take a lot of work, and you ache and are tired, you feel good. I've been working on the roof of my garage for the last several weekends. Actually longer than that, just that the last couple of weekends has been much more concerted effort. I'm making good progress, and the improvement in the second story of the garage - where my wood shop is - is phenomenal. I started out earlier (during the summer that almost wasn't) and got to the point where I had to leave the ladder and go up on the roof itself to do the work. In some cases, this wouldn't be bad, but my garage has about a 7/12 pitch to the roof. This means that in every twelve inches, the height goes up by seven inches. A standard roof pitch is 4/12 which is what I've done all my other roofing projects on. This roof is pretty steep, and it stymied me in trying to proceed. My wife objected strenously to my working on the roof that way. My son came up with a great idea for getting around securely on the roof - I borrowed his track spikes. They have just the small pin spikes, and so are ideal for getting good traction on the sheathing. I've also discovered that once the felt paper is down, normal sneakers give very secure footing.
Well, so far, I have the back section sheathed and papered. I also have the fascia/soffit repair done on the back. My roof slopes on all four sides, so, I'm just over 1/3 done. I anticipate having all of it done before the serious snow flies, and I look forward to having a 'Santa's Workshop' that is much nicer to work in this year. No snow blowing in through the cracks, or flowing down through the holes in the roof, my tools shouldn't rust as readily, and I won't have to dodge the collection buckets on the shop floor. Maybe I'll be able to keep the wasps and hornets out of there as well. Anyway, I've enjoyed working with my son, and seeing the progress. I'll have to wait for spring to put the asphalt roofing on - it won't seal properly in the cold.