Here starts the real project…..

Working at a trailer manufacturing company it was a simple process to replace the galvanized roof cap with aluminum. I bought a partial roll of the aluminum used on the big rig trailers and had it bent to fit giving it a little flange to hold better. Eric, a roofer friend of mine, took time out of his busy schedule to cut and fit all the pieces. He even marked them in order so that I could install them easily.

My next stop was to see Bob from Aerflo Canvas. His company is directly behind where I worked at Oshkosh. I met him several years earlier when someone was breaking into nearby businesses. I had chased one of them out of our shop and onto his property where he had cameras up. At any rate Bob was a distributor of Seamans Fibertight roofing material. It is a single ply material that is guaranteed for life against tear and chemical intrusion. The wind load factor on this stuff is amazing. I would recommend this stuff to anyone with a flat style roof! I ordered a welded, one piece roll that would fit over the false walls and cover my complete roof.

Preparing for the Fiber-tight installation I pressure cleaned the tar and gravel roof. (My excuse to buy a pressure washer) and mop’d on 20 gallons of roof sealant. I then purchased foam bead board, four inch screws, and 3 inch metal disks to hold everything down.

Once the Fiber-tight came in, Mark and I rolled out a layer of tar paper over the roof followed by the bead board. The bead board was screwed in place using the 4 inch screws and the round disks until every square inch was covered. Then the task of getting the Fiber-tight on the roof began. It was VERY HEAVY! WE could not lift it together. In fact we couldn’t pull it up the wall even strung out. We ended up using a rope, come-along, and my truck to get it up there! It took another day to maneuver it in place and get it screwed down. It was welded so that each 36 inches a small flap was left to screw it to the roof. Once the flap line was down you rolled it over the area you just attached for another 36 inches. A smart and fast way to do it. We then installed the pre-bent roof cap and we were rain ready?

I have to repeat that this was a great way to re-roof the house and I would recommend it to anyone. It has withstood many storms and even a couple near miss hurricanes. In fact one of those near misses tore the front left wall off the house, uprooted two of the trees, destroyed my fence, and didn’t touch the roof!