Re-roofing the Garage

The garage roof started leaking last spring and I knew we were going to have to re-roof before the winter rains hit.  The garage still had its original roof from 1939, plus an extra layer of shingles on top of that.  The side that faces Southwest had really deteriorated to the point where it was starting to slough off in light wind. 


We expected this process to be messy since there was no sheathing underlayment, just cedar shingles nailed right onto the slats.  In preparation for the amount of debris that would be falling in, we pulled everything out that was on the floor and then tarped down the walls to create "slides" for debris to end up (mostly) in the center of the floor. 

Tarping the Garage Walls

This system worked fairly well and got easily 9/10's of the debris.  We still had to clean off the beams and some of the edges of the walls, but most of the gunk landed right where we wanted it and easy to sweep up. 


The re-roof took approx 1.5 days.  The first day was tear-off of the old roofing, cleaning and repair of some damaged spots by termites and rot, followed by new sheathing.  The second day, they put down the tar paper and shingles. 

Ready to Start Sheathing

Whirlybird Goes Here!

All work was done by Long Beach Roofing and we were happy with the job they did. They cleaned up each day and were a pleasure to work with.

Almost Finished!

Garage Cabinets - Finished!

At last, this project concludes.  Results below, before and after:

What we started with - old garage shelving

New garage cabinets and shelving - well worth it!

The shelf section next to the cabinet was built with 12" melamine since we needed to accommodate the swing of the door. There will eventually be another set of cabinets and shelving built to the right of this area - but that won't happen until I have some electrical work done on that side (scheduled for AFTER the kitchen remodel early next year.)  Next up on our hit parade this fall/winter is a re-roof of the garage.