The old shed needed a new roof. Last year, the right rear corner had rotted a bit. I replaced the rotted wood and then tried to weather proof it with a small piece of rubber roofing. It worked okay through the winter, but started to leak with all of the rain we had this year.

I got a piece of good, heavy rubber roof material from a friend of mine that was pretty much the correct size. I was hoping to put it on the shed Saturday, but it was so windy I decided to wait to see what Sunday would bring. What it brought was even higher wind. Since they were calling for rain, I gave it a whirl anyway.

The first step was to trim away the pine branches that were overhainging the roof. A few minutes with the pruners made short work of the soft pine branches.

Then a stiff bristle broom was used to clean the pine needles and branches off the roof. 95% of it was still in pretty good shape. Now, the correct and proper way to do this would have been to remove the old asphalt shingles and tar paper before putting down the rubber roofing, but I decided to leave them on.

 

 

 

 

I hauled the material up and centered it on the roof. I let it overhang over the front and sides.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then I tacked down the edges with galvanized roofing nails. I had done this with the chicken coop two years ago with no adverse effects. The rubber seals up tight around the nails and prevents them from leaking. At least that is how it seems to me.

The sheeting was a tad short at the back edge, so I nailed it onto the old roof.

 

 

 

Then I nailed 1X3 pressure treated strips along the edge of the rubber to help keep the wind from getting under the roofing and ripping it free.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The strips run around both sides, and the front. This picture shows the bat house I made last year. I was hoping that the few bats I see each summer would take up residence in it. While dirty, they do keep down the bugs and are extremely beneficial to humans.

Maybe next Spring I'll take some time to stain this old shed. All in all, it has held up rather well. I built it over 20 years ago, mostly with wood scavenged from demolition jobs we had done with the construction firm I worked for at the time. All the 2X4s and 2X6s were scheduled to be tossed into the dumpster until I rescued them for this project.

 

I noticed the grapevine was getting shaggy looking, so I trimmed it up a bit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Once the work was done, Cheri joined me under the Poplar tree to sit and chat, and enjoy the wonderful fall weather.