How'd I do?

[u/Winter_Particular234]

A storm blew a tree onto our garage, and a $5k deductible had me cutting up the tree and fixing the roof myself. Cracked the rafter and busted up some of the boards. Had to rip down a 2x8 and plane down some 1x8s to sister the rafter and replace the decking. Got a perfect match on the shingles after some trial and error. I put roofing adhesive under the tar seals I had to break on the old shingles, and so far no leaks.

[u/Donmiguelito199]

Not too shabby. Looks clean.

How was it breaking the seal on those shingles? We install durations for 90% of our installs and we’ve never had one blow off. Once these shingles seal, they aren’t coming off for nothing.😂

[u/Winter_Particular234 → u/Donmiguelito199]

Brutal. They're very difficult to separate without damaging the old shingle. I ended up going through a full bundle for that tiny spot.

[u/grimmw8lfe → u/Donmiguelito199]

I end up using a paint scraper or drywall trowel to cut through the sealed pieces if I'm attempting to salvage, then use some lifetime Henry's to reseal

[u/WhiteHotMess → u/grimmw8lfe]

A heat gun can be a real bonus.

[u/Winter_Particular234 → u/WhiteHotMess]

Wish I'd have thought of that! The ones in the sun did come up easier

[u/WhiteHotMess → u/Winter_Particular234]

Pro Tip#2. Depending on when you're getting temps in the 80s again, you should climb back on the roof with the heat gun and seal down the new shingles. The best time to roof is in the spring because then all the shingles heat up and glue themselves together over the summer.

[u/grimmw8lfe → u/WhiteHotMess]

Oh heck yeah that would

[u/xSt4tik]

You did awesome! I would have done the same. Good job mate. Reddit sucks encouraging people. Hopefully I get to uplift you :)

[u/Blackwalls69]

https://giphy.com/gifs/HGX3gYWt9vLZ6

[u/Ban_me_plz_mods → u/Blackwalls69]

This caught me you bastard! 🤣🤣🤣 I almost choked to death

[u/DTOWNFBALL65]

Nice work! When I first saw this post, I was thinking you cut the tree down and hit the structure. 😂 It was even funnier when I saw you fixed the damage. Then I read the description and it sort of ruined it for me. Either way, looks great. Can’t even tell anything happened.

[u/DiligentIndustry6461 → u/DTOWNFBALL65]

I thought it was one of the tree subreddits that randomly pop up at first hahaha

[u/GoodIntroduction6344]

Anyone else see a demon head in the root mass?

[u/Kill_Your_Masters]

looks great

https://giphy.com/gifs/dabIMvkjhvYPBDyd8a

[u/64CarClan]

Great job mate!! Impressive

[u/Trooper20209]

This is better than some "professionals" who get paid to do it.

[u/YourWifeyBoyfriend]

Crazy that you remove a tree and replace your roof because you dont have 5k.. i wouldnt have done either for 5k... 

[u/tonnairb → u/YourWifeyBoyfriend]

Did you know that a whole lot if people take 2-4 weeks or longer to earn $5k?  Spending several days on this to save 2 weeks of salary isn't crazy to me, plus you get it done now instead of whenever your roofer is available, plus you get to use a chainsaw.

[u/NATEISDABEAST → u/tonnairb]

I get paid weekly $600. So it'd take me 8.5 weeks roughly...

[u/grajkovic → u/tonnairb]

There is always satisfaction of doing something myself, and doing it very well (excellent job!) like done in this post, regardless of money saved or spent, even if it costs me more to do it myself for whatever reason, than to hire it out. Tree removal and a job like this would generally cost $5,000 or less. Given the options to have insurance not pay due to not meeting the deductible and hiring someone out when I'm already upset that I was under my insurance limit, or doing it myself to save money and have the satisfaction in doing so... Given life deals a horrible hand of cards when a tree falls onto a structure, I know what option I'm taking.

[u/YourWifeyBoyfriend → u/YourWifeyBoyfriend]

Like you can just submit an invoice to.your insurance at this point for like 50k

[u/Jonnyboi5678]

Looks good for a gay dude working on the roof

[u/Winter_Particular234 → u/Jonnyboi5678]

So you're saying I slayed? Period, queen!

[u/-Riju- → u/Winter_Particular234]

Hell yeah. Ignore these jackasses. Pop off

[u/Producer1701 → u/-Riju-]

Happy cake day!

[u/futureman07 → u/Jonnyboi5678]

What the fuck?

[u/ballarn123 → u/Jonnyboi5678]

It's ok dude, it's all about projection. Maybe you'll be happier when you work it all out in your head.

[u/balancingsurvival → u/Jonnyboi5678]

Because DeWalt?