We have a roof!

Little head. On a shed.

Well, the first big job is complete! Half of the shed’s roof was a real roof (see above), but the other half was only corrugated plastic, which doesn’t work well for a workshop that needs to be winterized to protect expensive pianos from harm. So, despite the amazing natural light the plastic roof provided, I had to replace it with a real roof.

See ya later, plastic!

When it comes to 600+lb instruments, we love stability!

Next, we put on tar paper a drip edge, followed by SHINGLES! All of this was very cathartic because of how much hammering I got to do…I haven’t been doing combat sports like I used to do since we moved to Maine, so it was nice to hit some stuff. Meanwhile, Oscar looked on with bemusement and curiosity.

Happy T with tar paper and drip edge!

Oscar helping Jonas find the right kind of nails. A very helpful pup.

Plastic eaves

So the first step was to rip up the old plastic sheeting. By “rip up” I mean, “carefully remove all of the fasteners and break the silicone glue joints so nothing gets destroyed that isn’t supposed to.” Once we had a fully exposed roof frame, we cut and installed the sheathing (a.k.a. decking). during this step, we discovered some sagging in the roof, so Jonas installed some extra 2x4 brackets on the joists inside the shed for extra stability (we’ll add even more extra framing in the next stage).

Bye-bye roof!

A very confused Oscar, with drip edge in the foreground

Oscar ended up hunting groundhogs instead, so I had to help with the nails. MASKS ON EVERYONE.

Now I don’t need to worry about the roof leaking anymore! It was a remarkably satisfying first step in the transformation. And I now understand so much more about how the roof actually protects the shed, and if, down the line, there is an issue with the roof, I feel like I’ll be able to troubleshoot it on my own instead of just defaulting to calling someone else, which is a really empowering feeling.

Next up: FLOORS!

THAT’S A ROOF!!