Comments on: Roof Update

By: Michael Janzen

Michael Janzen — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:25:07 +0000

Well I’m working on finding a free roof :-)

By: Martino

Martino — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:36:18 +0000

how much does it cost to get a new roof?

By: dzent1

dzent1 — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 06:30:01 +0000

Dude, you GOTTA finish this! It will be magnificent! To say nothing of free. Let ‘er rip – three people in town here have passed away because they have been holding their breath waiting for the completion of the tiny free house. You owe it to their memories…

By: Michael Janzen

Michael Janzen — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:22:49 +0000

That’s a great idea. I’ll keep that in the back of my mind while trolling craigslist for free stuff.

By: Colleen K. Peltomaa

Colleen K. Peltomaa — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:04:14 +0000

Have you thought about giving everything a good coating of boiled linseed oil? We added stain to boiled linseed oil and used spruce deck boards. They look like redwood or cedar boards because of the stain and they should weather very well due to the linseed oil. Here it is about $30CAD for a gallon and we apply it with a dry brush or cloth.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 04:42:28 +0000

Hello,

Love the what you’re doing. Just a thought for roofing materials. In Australia when Coloured Zincalume (tin) roofs and fences get delivered to a site they throw away the top sheet as it can get scratched (called the cover sheet here) I have a whole shed (including roof) built out of it my father in law is a concreter and he collected them from new building sites for us. Not sure if that’s an option where you are.

By: Michael Janzen

Michael Janzen — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:39:20 +0000

:-) Sorry. Now that the weather is ind of drying out I should be getting back to it… well as soon as my sprained foot is healed.

By: Lauren Neher

Lauren Neher — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:28:57 +0000

Michael,

Great job so far! Have you considered posting on Craigslist for left over roofing materials? Or checking with roofing companies for leftover materials? Just a thought.
Take care,
Lauren

By: Elizabeth Goertz

Elizabeth Goertz — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:42:00 +0000

the suspence is killing me!

By: Javier Concha

Javier Concha — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:58:52 +0000

Looks great – some advice on framing: always overlap, so you never see a straight line – there will be some extra waste on wood, but the structure will be more rigid