I discovered that there were five layers of rolled roofing on that cabin! The roof itself was simply made out of ship lap pine and that also made the inside of the ceiling which had turned that really dark brown like old, varnished pine usually does. While walking around on the roof on 66 year old boards we were careful to make our feet bridge two boards while walking to prevent cracking or even going through an individual plank. I'm always amazed that lumber from 66 years ago still even has structural integrity. The boards were still springy and after a ton of running around, not one even cracked a little. I don't think any type of plastic would have held up the same.
I installed a simple framework, laid down the foam insulation, nailed down half inch sheeting and roof edging that I had to build for this job and put the felt layer on along with the shingles.
Upon inspection of the inside, I could see where some of the nails we shot down in the framing became an issue and I decided to put in a new ceiling in the spring. Well, spring sprang and in between rain, snow and bad weather, I videoed a condensed version of that particular job along with the end result. It turned out OK.
While I was sitting in Cabin 3 tuning my radio I happened to look outside the window at the spectacular view of blue water on Jasper with a backdrop of wilderness while an eagle soared overhead and one of our loons protested in the distance. I said to myself, "yeah, I could live here for a week or two!"
It's a pretty cool place.
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