Well… after that wicked thunderstorm the other day and not being able to find a contractor, since they’re all tied up fixing roofs, I decided to do the work myself. I’m not sure if this will be cheaper, but at least I can get the work done myself this weekend, I think. They say for DIY assume it will take at least 4 times longer than planned, and at least twice what you budget. Accordingly I have budgeted 2 hours for the work, and $5 for the parts and supplies cost! I hope this works.
Well I already blew that budget, I picked up some tarps and some basic stuff to do simple repairs. 2 tarps, roll of flashing, various tubes of adhesive and sealant, roofing nails.. well, $150 later I have that, plus another $310 to rent the lift for the entire 3-day weekend as well. Then there will be the supplies cost for the wood as well. Thinking 5 1×12’s and 4 sheets 4×8 1/2″ plywood plus sealer and exterior paint.
The plan was to get the lift up and running tonight and do a quick patch on the roof due to the thunder storms which are quickly moving into the area for the evening. Unfortunately it took me a while to get the lift positioned on the driveway in a location where I could perfectly level it. It is perfectly leveled now, however the storms are almost here so I’ll have to hope the ceiling makes it one more day.
Last night in the early hours it rained more and the ceiling actually started to drip onto me. I punctured the ceiling at the drop points and put a bucket underneath and managed to drain out about a gallon+ of water. The bed is covered in plastic right now so I bet that means I’ll be sleeping on the couch, since I don’t want to wake up with a ceiling on me.
The rental company dropped off the boom lift, pretty basic usage, just need to extend the legs so the level bubble centers, snd so it’s on firm footing, etc. I have a hitch on my own truck, but it’s a small truck and the trailer boom lift wouldn’t lower down low enough on it’s wheel to attach to my hitch. Fortunately this thing is well balanced over the center axel so I just put the trailer wheel in stow mode and used the legs of the boom lift to very carefully raise and lower the trailer onto my hitch ball. I had to move it a few times to find a spot that the legs would actually level. The driveway has a bit of a slope to it, so it wasn’t as easy as it would be on a flat surface.
So tomorrow starts the gutter and roof repair project, hopefully it will all go well. I’m thinking I’m going to just rip off the facia and sofits and redo it since they look terrible and are rotten anyways. I’ll put updates here as I go along.
Also, my new crystals and RF Module arrived for my RC Heli. The RF module died about a week ago so I ordered a new one. In an unfortunate sequence of events I managed to run them over when positioning the boom lift. We’ll find if they work, later 🙂
Here are some photos of the boom lift.
ooo and here comes another torrential downpour and thunderstorm, maybe I should have kept the big metal lift away from the house until tomorrow.. ah well.
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