rooooooof!

 Biggest weight lifted off our shoulders after last week! When we bought our home last year we knew it needed a new roof, it was part of the negotiation process. It didn't have to be done last year but it really needed to get done before this upcoming winter but we've had very few instances of consecutive days of not-rain, so we were stressing. Hard!
Finally the weather report  said we'd have 5 days of high clouds! Commence the scramble to gather M's buddies and the rest of the supplies! Estimates for our roof were coming in at $7-12k and that's simply unacceptable, so my handsome M took a week off work and called in some favors/wonderful friends and got to work ripping the old shingles off and laying tar paper.

My job was to clean all of the debris that didn't make it into the flat-bed

 Handsome men putting the tar paper down. M replaced the chimney and the bathroom vent. 

Nearly completed backside 

The previous roof lacked a vent for proper moisture management

By borrowing a flatbed truck from work for debris, using friends as labor, and calling in the pros (still friends of ACE) to lay shingles/install the roof vent we ended up coming out under the lowest estimate! It did start sprinkling the evening after the tar paper was completed and then start pouring right when I finished cleaning up but we live in a rain forest so whaddaya gonna do?! It feels soooo good to know that this huge, expensive project is done and it only took 5 days! 

We used Malarky brand Alaskan shingles in Antique Brown.