The roof is on fire

Actually, the house roof was not on fire, but you may have been able to cook an egg with reasonable efficiency.

The cute little house we live in has had a pretty horrible roof for some time now (leaving substantial numbers of shingle pieces in the yard after windy days) and P's aunt and uncle who own the place decided to replace the asphalt shingles with a steel roof. After a bit of consultation with us regarding color selection the process got under way.

In many ways the entire process is very much standard protocol for Ortman projects. Some perhaps unique aspects:

1. Start by consulting with each other and spit-balling various ideas about how to handle the trickier aspects of the project. During this time reflect on past, similar projects that involved metal sheeting or roofs in general.
2. Determine what pieces of farm machinery and supplies are best (ab)used when undertaking the project. In this case a manure spreader and loader tracker took center stage, though we also used part of an old automotive leaf spring.
3. Begin the project slowly with a few fits and starts as all people learn their role and grasp back in their memories a decade or so since the last time they helped a relative or MDS with working with metal sheeting/roofing.
4. Start each morning reviewing OSHA rules, checking safety equipment, and … just kidding, I can't even hold a straight face while typing.

Anyway, both of us have gotten into the work and have been helped out significantly by P's first cousin once removed and, of course, P's uncle whose taking charge of the project. We spent one day ripping off the dry, dead asphalt shingles, getting down to the cedar shakes below. Then, the next day, we started putting up the metal sheets over top the shakes attaching with screws. By the end of the day we had about half the roof recovered.