Off with the old roof...

We had three gloriously clear and crisp September days in a row, perfect time to take off the old roof shingles and put up the new ones.  What could possibly go wrong?  But there were a couple surprises...  The first was that they immediately discovered there were actually not two, but three layers of shingles up on the roof, and the top one was just stapled to the other two.  So that took longer than expected, and filled up the first dumpster really fast.

Once the shingles were off, the new ice and water barrier went on.

The second surprise was that the vinyl job was covering up a bunch of sagging boards under the front eaves.  This picture was taken this morning.

By this afternoon, the guys used their ratcheting scaffolding supports like big spreader clamps to jack the sagging middle back up, and installed new boards to hold up the eaves.  They also stripped off all the rest of the old siding on the front and wrapped that wall.

Only one side of the house has original siding left now.  Note the guy using the sawzall to even out the new fascia support boards, and all the big piles of yet-to-be-installed roofing shingles that were craned up there today.  Those shingles would have been installed by now if not for the two surprises...

There were quite a few roofing guys working extra hard today, because there's high wind and thunderstorms forecast for tonight.  By the end of the day, they were confident that they had the roof all sealed up with the ice and water barrier, and then the threw tarps weighted with roofing shingles over it for good measure.

But tonight, as the first thunderstorm went over, I heard an ominous drip, drip in the attic.  I went up to find a few leaks on one side of the roof, mostly near where the plumbing vent pipes stick out.  Sophie and I distributed tarps and buckets around the attic to catch the drips.  Good thing there's another long sunny period forecast from tomorrow on, because those roofers have a lot more work to do.

The rain has slacked off now and the drips stopped, but I'm nervous about the even bigger storm that supposed to hit in the middle of the night.  Fingers crossed...