Who's "roofing"?

Alright gents, how many of you are still getting dirt under your fingernails?

How many of you are "still" roofing yourselves?

I'll be 42 on Valentine's Day. I haven't done a roof in about 1/2 a year. It sucks. I want to "work" again.

I'm employed, but I'm not "working". ;)

Well, Here in Canada I'm doing the "New Construction". I think the bottom line is once you start this trade, your doomed to be a roofer for the rest of your life. Personally I love it and yes it maybe -20 but i still love the finished product. Merry Christmas, and a productive new year.

Every day.

I try to save the evenings, weekends, and holidays to write poetry and study astrophysics. but... I end up working a lot of those too. I'll be 63 in one month.

My time will come, but not this day.

Only to train....Haven't physically worked with any crews since I was aprx. 26-28,(1987 +/-)....

Very, very rarely and that's been true since I was about....32 I think. My waistline has suffered for it. If I do, it's either to prove a point, or learn something new. Earlier this year, thought the toolbelt was going to have to go back on the hips, but things picked up and have been busy since. I'd be the first to say that aside from running a torch, I'm not adept at any of it, but there isn't anything I can't do, as it applies to our roof systems. But I'd also admit there's a whole lotta roofin' I don't know.

Thanks for sharing guys.

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Roofguy Said: My crews used to whine about getting a 15 x 300 roll of polyester fabric onto the roof - each weighed around 250 lbs. Id stand it up, let it drop onto my should about in the middle, then bounce it a few times to find the exact balance, then head up the ladder with it. After Id dump it over the top of the ladder onto the roof, I tell them: I dont think its asking too much for 2 of you ladies to get 2 ropes and pull a roll up the wall and onto the roof.

That usually did the trick...probably why my back hurts all the time, too.

Nice!

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Still on the roof at 57. Thinking I might be catching up to my grandpa's work schedule. He was still working with us on barn roofs when he was 65. Not trying to prove anything, just make a living. For the first time in about 30 years we have a job in process in winter weather. Working in between snow showers to get completed. Carhartts are a man's best friend . . :lol:

:woohoo: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Still roofin at 48, I also bought a gutter machine just recently, ALOT easier, might leave the roofin for the younger guys and pursue gutters,..ha but I know I'll miss roofin, so just work on the gravy ones maybe... :unsure:

Amen Vaa!

Totally agree with you. I wear my Roofing Boots with my Khakis so that the guys know "where" I came from.

I love it when they tell me something that I suggest "can't" be done. I tell them to get out of the way and I grab their tools and do it right in front of them as they stand there and watch me with their jaws open. Then I give them their tools back and tell them: "Don't ever tell me that something I tell you to do 'can't' be done!"

That's how you earn a crews' respect...by "showing" them that you know your stuff. [Now, before they say that they "can't" do something, they come and ask me first.]

(Do you guys have "Gojo" over there? Best stuff available. Hand cleaner that removes just about anything.)

BTW...I have a about 100 squares waiting for me for the winter at my place in West Virginia. Previous customer that has become an "evangelical customer" for me! Can't wait to get laid off so I can run out there and do some "real" work!

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