We have decided to not do our own roof. We were going to use Bartile but have decided to go with an architectural shingle. We are working with Pro Roofing. Andy has been great! Brent has done roofs before. I even helped him re-shingle his Mom's roof the first year we were married. But in the end, Pro Roofing will do it quickly and it's one job we won't have to think about.
I am learning terms like Drip Edge. It's not a part of the soffit or the facia. It goes under the "felt" and allows water to properly drain. However, we needed to know what colors the soffit and facia will be which we had not yet determined. Over the weekend we decided white since our windows are white. Tomorrow I will go to Roofer Supply to get some shingle colors but that means I also have to nail down the house colors for certain. It's a bit daunting since this will be the first thing the entire world sees. Well, not the entire world, but everyone who drives by our house.
Today Andy and his crew laid down the drip edge, felt, and the waterproofing membrane (I forgot the fancy term). The had it all done in three hours. We will now be waterproof when we work which will be appreciated by all. Had we known that we could have done it sooner we would have. Just the things you learn when you build your own house and when you build for the first time.
The white line is the Drip Edge and the black stuff is the "felt". It's sticky sticky stuff.
The white stuff the covers the roof is the synthetic waterproof membrane. (This shows the cute side of our house. I love the side of our house. It will have a little mini porch and will be the family's main entrance into the house.)
Andy up on the roof. Today I asked him about business and he said that they are busy busy. Mostly re-shingles but he said that the new home building is picking up. There are five houses going up right now around where we are building. I figure that's a good sign for our economy that people are willing to build. I hope that home prices steady for EVERYONE. What a rough couple of years for all.
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