On Saturday, May 20th, Twelve hard-working volunteers braved the scorching sun and put a new roof on the Scoutpost! The completed the job started by our Roof Prep Volunteer Team the week prior.
A VERY special thanks to Sam Shearer from ABC Supply Company, who donated ALL of our roofing materials.
Repaired and completely re-nailed decking (to code)... new trim... vents... quality above-code underlayment, and beautiful long-life dimensional shingles. We are GOOD TO GO!
On Your Mark,
Get Set...
GO!
Two teams formed, and a day long race began to see who could get to the top first.
Starter Shingles were place, lines were popped (well, mostly), shingles trimmed in, nailed down, boots were installed, and finally the ridge vent was installed. Mark Cherry, aka, "The Nailing Maniac" on the right. Jason Walton on the left.
Kristy Perkins, AKA "The Nailing Queen" was shooting nails non-stop all day!
Volunteer Roofers Included:
- Mark & Sean Cherry
- Tom Rogers - Our District Commissioner
- Dan, Jonathan, Jason & Matthew Walton
- Sean Altenburg
- Kristy & Chris Perkins
- Rich & Tim Elliott
- And the REMOVAL TEAM (of course)
Tom Rogers
Our District Commissioner attended our Troop Court of Honor, head about the roofing project, and volunteered on both work days. Tom brought a lot of experience to the job and we appeciated having him there.
Break Time
It was a fight to get the teams off of the roof (especially the winning team), but hoagies for lunch did the trick.
Thanks to Marie Higbie for bringing us Homemade Cookies!
Dan Walton and his son, Matthew on the job
In the end... both teams joined together to finish the job. Just a few more nails and the job was complete.
BAM...
Project Complete!
Back Side of building as completed by the "losing team"...
Two work days.. 27 workers... donated materials