What are some of your best memories roofing with your dad or just learning in the early years?

In my early 20's, after working a year or so, a gov't re-roof project had ended. Simply out of desperation for work, I landed my 1st roofing project, following a day of knocking on doors of homes in need of a new roof.

Started on the back as we had no idea of how to lay comp. shingles. By the time we got around to the front we had it figured out.

Landed a second re-roof project from that day of door-knocking. That job got us a compressor from Sears, and a Paslode staple gun.....I was off to the races....Never had to knock on a door thereafter.

When I was in school, I worked for my dad. In the winter time it was till midnight. Then I would go in the house and do my homework. Go to sleep, get up go to school, go to work, do homework....

Weekends were around the clock from one of my dad's dealers to another buying their furs.

There are two guys that I give credit to for molding me into a real roofer, they both rode my a** hard,For the first few months I answered to Little Son of a ****. After I got older and thought about it I contacted one of them(the other had passed away) and thanked him for what he had taught me, he laughed said he had taught alot of guys over the years to roof but that I was the first to call and say thank you.

Amen to that. I was fired three or four times. I would let my pride get in the way and work for someone else for a month or two and then we would make up.

While I'm very thankful to my father for molding me into a roofer, most of the memories I have are of him riding my arse all the time. :laugh:

But if he hadn't done that, I may not have ever developed the kind of work ethic needed to be a successful long time roofer. Most people don't. It's too tough for them and I can understand that.

We had a spat one time when I only had about a years experience. I was 17. I quit and drove around all day looking for a new construction house to roof for a home builder. Just before dark I landed one. It had like a 5 sided bay window on it and I had to bite the bullet that night, call my dad and ask him how to roof it. He just laughed his butt off and told me how to do it. I roofed that one, got paid, spent all the money and was back to work with my dad by the next Monday. :laugh: