That would be Gretchen, with her newfound "tan", brought to you by the aftermath of ripping shingles off of a house. Mrs. Slaughter lives on the near southeast side of Pittsburgh, and Hosanna and our crew drove down this morning just berfore 8 a.m. so that we could provide her with a brand new leak-free roof that she so desperately needed.
Our crew was joined by about 10 others from a local church, including 7 kids between 9-11 years old. We started the day by removing the old roof to prep the surface for replacement. When a roof needs repair, and there are only one layer of shingles, new shingles can simply be placed over the old ones as a fix for a while. But Mrs. Slaughter already had two layers of shingles on her roof, which meant we needed to tear off both layers down to the original plywood and start from scratch.
After removing the old shingles, sweeping the roof clean, applying a new underlayment, and moving an entire pallet of shingles up to the roof, we started our process of laying new shingles. The students had been trained on Monday in the learning center at Hosanna how to lay shingles, so they were quick pros when the occasion arose this afternoon for the real thing.
We set up a line where we had our students placing shingles that were fed down to them from the peak of the roof by our young cohorts. We managed to tear off all the shingles and replace an entire half of the house with new roof all in one day today.
Tomorrow, we will send part of our team back to the house to finish the other half of Mrs. Slaughter's roof. We will also send a group to rebuild the retaining wall that we demolished yesterday. Yet ANOTHER group will head to build a small deck and ramp system for a person who needs it. We may only have 14 people in our group this week, but we're doing amazing things. Stay tuned!
I love that kids from the church were involved. That’s amazing and will give those children a pretty cool experience that they’ll remember for a long time. Not to mention the fact that they learned a new trade- that’s invaluable. I always love when kids are involved in bettering the community. It looks like everyone is doing a fantastic job. Keep up the great work!
ReplyDeletePleasance Faast @ Shelton Roof
Looks like the Monday learning centre training definitely paid off! Removing all those old shingles and putting on a new underlay and fresh shingles took a lot of work. What a great job. Well done to you all. And how kind of those from a local church, to come and get stuck in, and give you that extra help too.
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