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Iron tub for planter
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"George.com" wrote: best bit of fun mind was replacing 2 sheets of plastic sheeting on the garage roof that had gone milky white. Piece of cake, one hours work max I said. Theory - simply lift roofing nails out, lift up flashing, remove old sheet, replace with new stuff, hammer down sheets and flashing. Why is it that nothing in life is ever really simple in home repair? ;-) Reality - grooved f'ing roofing nails, would not come out with claw hammer. Using pinch bar and piece of 4 by 2, being prepared to dent roof iron in some places and several new inventive swear words got the nails up, Whenever my dad does any plumbing work, he refers to certain jobs by the number of swear words it takes to get the job done... "Well that was a 50 swear word job" for instance. G eventually. Tried to remove old sheets, would not come out despite big enough gap between flashing and roof frame. Had to remove nails along length of flashing to lift it, prick nails would not come out with pinch bar or swearing at them. Located tin snips, cut flashing in 2 areas and peeled it back. Went to remove plastic sheet, still would not come out. Resorted to putting hammer through it and removing in chunks, good way to reduce stress, showed plastic sheet who was really 'the boss'. Sheeting all removed, went to slide new sheets in to place. Went up most of the way but stopped a foot or so short of correct position. More snipping of flashing and found iron sheets had been tacked down under flashing to hold them in place before roofing nails went in. Cursed builders who did that. Pulled out tacks, shoved in plastic sheets, tacked down, went inside for smoke and long lunch. Mood very filthy. Much later in the afternoon went back out, peeled back flashing, hammered everything down. Sealed up flashing and primered. Next day painted over everything. Best part of 4 hours up on roof to do a simple job. At some point I will have to replace the length of flashing, sometime. rob Hopefully that will be simpler? Just be sure to take some Zantac. ;-D -- Peace, Om Remove _ to validate e-mails. "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch" -- Jack Nicholson |
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Iron tub for planter
"Omelet" wrote in message news In article , "George.com" wrote: best bit of fun mind was replacing 2 sheets of plastic sheeting on the garage roof that had gone milky white. Piece of cake, one hours work max I said. Theory - simply lift roofing nails out, lift up flashing, remove old sheet, replace with new stuff, hammer down sheets and flashing. Why is it that nothing in life is ever really simple in home repair? ;-) Reality - grooved f'ing roofing nails, would not come out with claw hammer. Using pinch bar and piece of 4 by 2, being prepared to dent roof iron in some places and several new inventive swear words got the nails up, Whenever my dad does any plumbing work, he refers to certain jobs by the number of swear words it takes to get the job done... "Well that was a 50 swear word job" for instance. G eventually. Tried to remove old sheets, would not come out despite big enough gap between flashing and roof frame. Had to remove nails along length of flashing to lift it, prick nails would not come out with pinch bar or swearing at them. Located tin snips, cut flashing in 2 areas and peeled it back. Went to remove plastic sheet, still would not come out. Resorted to putting hammer through it and removing in chunks, good way to reduce stress, showed plastic sheet who was really 'the boss'. Sheeting all removed, went to slide new sheets in to place. Went up most of the way but stopped a foot or so short of correct position. More snipping of flashing and found iron sheets had been tacked down under flashing to hold them in place before roofing nails went in. Cursed builders who did that. Pulled out tacks, shoved in plastic sheets, tacked down, went inside for smoke and long lunch. Mood very filthy. Much later in the afternoon went back out, peeled back flashing, hammered everything down. Sealed up flashing and primered. Next day painted over everything. Best part of 4 hours up on roof to do a simple job. At some point I will have to replace the length of flashing, sometime. rob Hopefully that will be simpler? sarcastic roftl. rob |
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Iron tub for planter
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"George.com" wrote: At some point I will have to replace the length of flashing, sometime. rob Hopefully that will be simpler? sarcastic roftl. rob ;-D -- Peace, Om Remove _ to validate e-mails. "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch" -- Jack Nicholson |
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