Day 83

It's Saturday! The day for roofing. However it was wet day. Didn't rain till afternoon, but feel heavy. Anyway, they finished boxing, and started putting felt and shingle from porch roof. It should be lighter than Japanese ceramic roof tile, but still pretty heavy. They had several cushions on the roof. We were wondering how did they walked around 45 angle roof. It was the secret. Before the shingle, you can nail 2x4 for your foothold. However once you shingle you don't want to make holes there. So this is how they did it, and it was eureka! for me. Because of the big friction between shingle and cushion, you are be able to stand on there without sliding down. It is very simple and smart tool.

待ちに待った屋根ふき土曜日！しかしながら、いつ雨が降ってもおかしくないどんよりし続けた一日。実際午前中は雨は降らなかったものの空気が重い。ともかく、残りの板を張り終え、まずはポーチの屋根からフェルト、その上にシングルと呼ばれる屋根板を止めていく。瓦よりはもちろん軽いけど、それでも一袋担ぐのは私には一苦労。屋根の上に大きなスポンジがいくつかある。ずっと疑問になっていたどうやって４５度の急な屋根を行き来するのか、に対する秘密がここにあった。屋根板をはる前なら六ツ割などをいくつか打ち付けて足場にできる。がいったん屋根板を張ってしまうと、穴は開けれない。このスポンジの上に立つことで屋根とクッションの摩擦で滑らない。これは何ともユリイカ！なんてシンプルで賢い道具！

This west side have lots of complicated detail places like valley, cricket, porch roof, compare to flat east roof. Even if they worked all day in wet day, it took longer than they thought. So our roof is covered by boards, but not by shingles.

この西側は谷間があったり、クリケットがあったり、ポーチの屋根があったりと単純な東側と比べて細かいややこしいところが多々ある。一日中働いてくれたが、予想以上に時間がかかったとポーチの屋根あたりで今日はおしまいになった。ともかく、屋根全体に板はのった。