Homeowner Forum / Construction / May 2005

Getting right to the point, here is the situation.. I live in South
Florida and had my roof damaged by the couple of hurricanes.. I had a
couple of leaks, that I have managed to keep under control, but I do
need to re-shingle. Initially, I figured that the insurance company
would not give me any $ due to my 5% deductible, but as it turned out,
they gave me 5K, which will cover the materials, that I recently
purchased. The original intent was to do it myself, but I realized
that due to the new codes, I have to re nail all the plywood to meet
the new nail spacing standards. This threw a wrench into my plans
because of the time that would be involved, causing a race against the
weather, not to mention the exhaustion on my behalf. Does anyone have
any suggestions or could recommend any technical that would allow me
to do a partial, little at a time job? My main concern is a way to do
a partial felt install with the proper bridging that would allow me to
complete the task while being able to keep out the weather. I have a
couple ideas, but figured that someone out there has had a similar
situation Any suggestions would be appreciated. An experienced roofer
offered to help me at a cost of 4K (it would be for his labor with me
also helping) . This seemed a little out of line due to the fact that
it would be just him and I. The roofing job is around 43 squares.

Thanks, ChuckB