It always seems to go like this! Weather forecast - Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,, or partly cloudy. I order materials to replace my roof last week. I tear off the shingles on a nice Monday day. Roof materials arrive on Tuesday, as ordered. Morning - sunny, project is going very well. Got the first layer of EPDM rubber roof down. Glue has to be applied to dray surface of roof, and to rubber, allowed to dry, and then put the rubber in place. Clouds roll in. It rains for 10 minutes. Can't do any more. Hope the bad weather blows over. Unroll more rubber to protect my house from more rain. Use it like a tarp. Put 5 gallon glue containers in strategic places to hold it down. The wind picks up and nearly blows the rubber off, sends one unopened glue pail 2 stories to the ground where the top comes of and spills half the pail. Fortunately, I bought extra. Day is shot.
Weather forecast for today is sunny. Woke up to overcast, wind is gone at least. It's supposed to start clearing up by noon. I was supposed to have the rented ladder back to the hardware store by 9 a.m. Instead, I'll have to start the project again at 10 a.m., when the sun can help dry the glue. This should have been a two day project. It was so easy when the weather was good. Prayers have been said. I guess this just was supposed to be one of my challenges to overcome. But hey, I saved $1000 by doing it myself.
1 scary incident: walked on a place where the glue had been applied before it started raining. It was dry. Had to gather some of the rubber roof and maneuver it into place. It started raining. The roof became as slippery as ice. I was on the west edge of the roof, right on the edge. My feet went out from under me and I fell straight down onto the roof. Fortunately, my clothing provided sufficient friction to prevent me from sliding further westward and off of the roof, or Northward to slide off of the down-slopping roof. Had to crawl to an area with no glue as standing was not an option. I'm still alive and kicking, and the judo falling techniques are still working. Those judo classes have saved me from so much pain and injury over the years.
Anyways, If the weather people are correct, I should be able to complete this project today. I would have been able to complete it safely yesterday except for the rain and wind.
Seeeeeeya; Chief Longwind of the North