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Roof Nearly Complete

8/19/2021

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I finished putting the shingles on the new roof yesterday for my little brick outbuilding project and will now turn to plastering the exterior walls. I will put the finishing touches on the fascias and soffits a little later when I install the gutter.

The roof was not all that difficult to complete, but in hindsight I wish I had stuck to my original plan of framing out the roof as one large rectangle rather than following the contours of the building. 

I uploaded the second photo for Michelle who was curious to know how I managed to incorporate the chimney into the new roof. As I mentioned to her in a comment, I wish I had done it differently, but all in all it worked out well all things considered. The part of the chimney below the roof line will be plastered over. The old, intact plaster on the wall reveals where the building's previous roof line had been, while the exposed brick shows where and how much I raised the walls. 
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Michelle
8/20/2021 12:13:53

I'm interested to know how it holds up over the winter.

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Francis Berger
8/20/2021 22:21:13

@ Michelle - That makes two of us.

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Luke
8/20/2021 14:14:05

I agree the original roof plan would have looked better, but it's not too much worse. Were lumbar prices ever really high? They were here, still sort of are.

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Francis Berger
8/20/2021 22:27:12

@ Luke - Lumber prices are ridiculous here, especially when you factor in what the average Hungarian makes a month. For example, the wood I bought for the roof cost me about 800 US dollars, which is about the same as an average net monthly salary in Hungary.

The high lumber prices dissuaded me from going with the original roof plan, which would have added about 30% to the total cost.

Anyway, I went with cost-cutting and followed the contours of the building instead. I also used as much old wood I had lying around. In retrospect, I'm not sure this was a wise decision. Sometimes it's worth spending that little bit extra. We'll see how it all turns out in the end.

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