Pitch and Patience

Our house was difficult to roof because the pitches are so steep. The 2-story portion is a 10-in-12 pitch which means it rises 10 inches for every 12 inches it runs horizontally and the great room portion of the house (the part that sticks its nose out toward the street) is a 12-in-12 pitch which means it's even more sloped. It took Travis and his crew about 2 weeks to deck the roof before we could bring in the roofing crew. That was two weeks where we could only watch, wait, and pray that no one was killed while working on our house in the sleet and snow. See the footing holds in the 2nd photo down. Last year, when Ed and Judy's house behind ours was being constructed, a roofer with over 20 years of experience fell off Ed & Judy's roof and nearly died. Here are the photos of our dangerous but now finished roofing project: