With a soggy summer behind us, we are tired, tired, tired of tarping our build site. It was time for a roof. After installing the beam and framing for the row of clerestory windows between our two rooflines, we hung rafters and muscled plywood up for roof decking. A thousand screws later, we were ready for roof felt—or so we thought.
During one of our morning web research sessions, Bill read the advice of several tiny housers suggesting it was worth springing for something a little more substantial than roof felt. We returned our $19 tar paper rolls and splurged on $60 rolls of WeatherWatch, used primarily for high-leak areas (eaves, rakes, valleys) on big house roofs.
Now the roof just needs its sheets of corrugated metal. But that will be another day....
During one of our morning web research sessions, Bill read the advice of several tiny housers suggesting it was worth springing for something a little more substantial than roof felt. We returned our $19 tar paper rolls and splurged on $60 rolls of WeatherWatch, used primarily for high-leak areas (eaves, rakes, valleys) on big house roofs.
Now the roof just needs its sheets of corrugated metal. But that will be another day....
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