Porter Turret Telescope
2015 Roof Replacement

On an early spring visit to Breezy Hill just after the snow melted, President Dave Tabor observed pieces of the Porter Turret Telescope roof had blow off over the winter. Fortunately, with a thick and sound roll-roofing underlayment, no water damage had been done to the building - but the cedar shakes clearly were in need of replacement. Dave organized and led a couple of work parties to remove and replace the roof, which is documented on this page. The new shakes are premium red cedar, as are the ridge boards.

Also done at this time: the two south-side rake boards were replaced and painted white. The metal loading steps were also painted at this time.

Workers on this project were: Matt Considine, Steven Forbes, John Gallagher, Jeff Lowe, Carl, Zhenya, Olga & Tatyana Malikowski, Ken Slater, and Dave & Julie Tabor .

The work party was also very grateful for lunch provided by Cheryl Breuning and the Wilders.

Saturday 2015-May-16

We entirely removed the old cedar roof and disposed of it. Then we re-roofed the west side of the roof and replaced the south-side rake boards.

9:25 Matt get started removing shingles from the loading platform.	10:21 Matt, Zhenya, Olga and Ken removing shingles.	10:24 Zhenya attacks the old shingles with a shovel. Ken, Zhenya, Olga Á Matt.
10:25 Ken stretches with a pry bar to work on the ridge. Ken, Olga, Zhenya.	10:32 Matt's truck is loaded with removed debris. Olga, Tatyana, Zhenya, Ken, Matt.	12:41 Olga and Matt clean up nails and stuck bits.
12:42 Matt's victory pose - ready for the new roof!	2:58 Ken and Steven install new shingles. Note new rake board Dave made and installed.	4:06 West side and rake boards done - east side just has roll roofing for now. There was a big effort to clean up the grounds before this photo was taken.

Saturday 2015-Jun-06

We installed new shingles on the east side, installed the new red cedar ridge boards, and painted the new rake boards and the metal steps and loading platform.

9:54 Dave and Ken roll out the first sheet of tar paper.	10:15 Dave and Carl attach the south end of the tar paper.	10:22 Ken checks a make-shift ladder support.
10:24 Rolling out the second sheet of tar paper. John, Ken, Carl and Dave.	10:27 Ken climbs up to tuck in the tar paper at the ridge. Dave hold at left.	Winter, John Martin's dog, came up from the pavilion to watch us work for a while.
10:31 Fastening the second sheet of tar paper. John, Carl, Ken and Dave.	10:50 Shingling. Jeff, John, Carl, Ken and Dave.	11:30 Almost done, just the ridge boards to put on. Ken, John Martin, Dave, Jeff, John and Carl.

Photos by Dave & Julie Tabor and Ken Slater.

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