The funny things that fly..

[Pullstart 62,882]

I was up on the roof last week measuring for steel.  I ran across a couple things that seemed like they were a bit out of place.

 

I’m guessing the mouse was dropped by a bird. The clay, I wonder how long ago it was blasted out of the sky.

[ri702bill 8,322]

Yup - I think both had a bit of  help getting there.... Did you build a rodent launcher.....??

[ebinmaine 67,502]

We have a golf ball plus sized STONE on the outdoor workshop roof.  

 

It's up out of reach of the snowblower.  

 

 

What. The.  ..... 

[SylvanLakeWH 25,560]

Trail cam at Pullstart Stables...

 

[squonk 41,118]

One of the roofs at work has a few frog remains up there. Waiting to see a Great blue Heron up there having dinner

[stevasaurus 22,740]

That roof looks fairly new, why are you measuring for steel??

   It was in todays paper...guy had a block of ice fall on to his roof during the night.  Left a hole going into the attic the size of a regular claw hammer.  Scared the heck out of the wife and him...the 2 kids never woke up.  He thinks it came from an airplane...they are investigating.  

   Then there was the story in Texas where a snake fell from the sky and wraped around this woman's arm, while she was riding and mowing the lawn.  A hawk swooped down and wanted the snake back.  Scared the heck out of her...word is she is still not able to sleep good.  

   BTW...lived in a trailer park for a few years in Maine while in the Navy.  You could hear it snow.  Don't forget to put the stop avalanche things in.  The yahoos next door put a steel roof on without that and when the snow let loose, it fell on their car.  It left a mark.  

Edited August 18, 2023 by stevasaurus

[Pullstart 62,882]

11 minutes ago, stevasaurus said:

That roof looks fairly new, why are you measuring for steel??

Storm/hail damage caused an area wide roofing spree, all insurance claims.  I could have shingles replaced, or my company (yes, I work!) can replace it with steel.  I’ll get paid, and end up with a far more superior product.

 

Here’s a better view of some of the damage.

 

 

 

[stevasaurus 22,740]

WOW, a picture is woth a 1000 words Mate.  I'd put a steel roof on a garage or shed...not sure if I would want one on my house.  Dosen't WHX?? have a metal roof on his house.  I know JoeBob does.  Thing is, I do not know how bad your roof is.  Are they going to strip it??  Just asking question Kevin.  Things to think about.  

[rjg854 11,362]

On a number of houses we built, we used standing seam steel on the roofs. Generally over 5/8" plywood and a moisture barrier.

[oliver2-44 9,752]

I just had a roofing company put a standing seam steel roof on my house in May.  As rjg854 said, 5/8" plywood and moisture barrier.  They stripped the old shingles off.  Old asphalt shingle roof was 28yr old, losing lots of granules.  

Edited August 18, 2023 by oliver2-44

[ebinmaine 67,502]

1 hour ago, stevasaurus said:

a few years in Maine while in the Navy.  You could hear it snow.  Don't forget to put the stop avalanche things in.  The yahoos next door put a steel roof on without that and when the snow let loose

We have metal roofing on the house and barn VERY much on purpose. 

We also have our dooryahd and pahkin' areas far away from the buildings.  

 

[c-series don 8,707]

Here’s my things in a roof story. Years ago I was brush hogging some woods with my Ford 545-C for a customer when all of a sudden there was a BANG and the brush hog started shaking violently. I thought I hit something or wrapped up a cable? I got off and looked underneath and noticed that one of the blades was missing! Then I noticed a slice in the side of the brush hog! I figured that the blade couldn’t be too far away after that so I looked and looked but couldn’t find it. There was also a gentleman with a weed wacker with a blade on it doing around the trees. He helped me look to no avail. So I had to get new blades and go back to finish. 
 Probably over a year goes by and I run into the guy that owns the neighboring house, he’s a friend of mine. He says “Hey wasn’t that you that brush hogged my neighbor’s woods a while ago?” I told him that yes it was me, why? He then told me that he found a blade stuck in the roof of his house 😳 right above his kitchen sink window while cleaning his gutters. He said that it just tucked itself under one of the tabs and didn’t do any damage. He pulled it out and kept it to show me! His house was probably 80-100 feet away from where I was working. To think there was a man working nearby when this happened! 
 Since then I will not allow anyone anywhere near where this type of activity is taking place. I’m glad nobody got hurt! And that’s my story! 

[JoeM 7,874]

Neighbors put a steel roof on and their cell phone service was crushed. 

Our service is not the best to begin with and when in the pole building with steel sides I have to go outside to talk.

There are a lot nice looking products in steel that even look like shingles. Interesting

I figure in a few years I will be ready and probably just go with a standard architectural shingle. It will outlast me.

 

 

[ebinmaine 67,502]

For the record...

We went with a metal roof specifically for snow removal. 

No heavy weight setting up there. 

No ice jams. 

 

[Pullstart 62,882]

The house is fine, the barns will get steel.  I won’t add any dams, I want it off asap.  We had steel on our old house.  Other than cell reception, I loved everything about it!

 

 

[WHX?? 48,815]

14 hours ago, stevasaurus said:

Dosen't WHX?? have a metal roof on his house.  I know JoeBob does

Yep... only drawback is snow/ice slides. Cell service sucked to begin with but steel roof didn't help. Still need a land line. 

Edited August 19, 2023 by WHX??

[Pullstart 62,882]

2 minutes ago, WHX?? said:

Yep... only drawback is snow/ice slides.

Those used to be my favorite!  34 degrees and everything starts cracking apart and avalanching!  Yes!

[WHX?? 48,815]

Lol till you have a door on a eve side blocked and everyone forgot how to use a shovel but you! 

[953 nut 55,229]

1 hour ago, WHX?? said:

only drawback is snow/ice slides.

Same goes for solar panels, you don't want the snow to pile up and have them not producing electricity but when they warm up just a little bit the avalanche is coming. We have an array of solar panels on the second story roof of our church and a standing seam metal roof with snow/ice bars. The snow cleats on the solar panels are six inches taller than the panels and spaced six inches apart bot when the thawing begins that just breaks the snow into smaller ice bombs that go right over the bars at the edge of the roof. We have to put out drums and caution tape anytime it snows.

[CCW 1,295]

21 hours ago, ri702bill said:

Yup - I think both had a bit of  help getting there.... Did you build a rodent launcher.....??

 

Something like a potato gun?

 

[ri702bill 8,322]

49 minutes ago, CCW said:

 

Something like a potato gun?

 

Nope - watch a few YT videos - search for Squirrel Launcher or Squirrel Catapult. Soooo wrong, but funny and entertaining (unless you are the squirrel).....

Might take a LOT of convincing to get a rodent into a spud shooter.....

[Achto 27,577]

Most of us can not afford a copper roof, but here is a testament to metal roofing. 

 

 A St. Mary’s Cathedral, known as Hildesheim, had a copper metal roofing system installed on it in 1280 A.D.; the same exact roof is still there to this day.  

[Mickwhitt 4,624]

Is it the same roof though? Or is it like grandads favourite axe, 150 years old and only ever had three new handles and a new head.