My back carport was in pretty bad shape. When we bought the house this roof was home to many pigeons. Sometime before that termites had climbed up a tree and ate quite a bit of the supporting wood. I have been wanting to tear it down for about five years now. Today I finally got around to it.
I put a scrap 2x8 under the corner of the roof to take the place of the aluminum column. After I removed the column I pounded on the 2x8 until it fell out and "poof" down came half the roof.
To get the other side down I went up on the roof and broke each rafter in
succession so it would fall down toward the pile of junk instead of on my boat. I called the family out so they could watch it fall down.
Now the fun part starts. I have to break all this up and put it in a 4 cubic foot dumpster. I think I can get it in 3 loads. I am going to sort out the aluminum to give to a guy from church that I give all my scrap metal to. What a MESS!!
My back carport was in pretty bad shape. When we bought the house this roof was home to many pigeons. Sometime before that termites had climbed up a tree and ate quite a bit of the supporting wood. I have been wanting to tear it down for about five years now. Today I finally got around to it.
I put a scrap 2x8 under the corner of the roof to take the place of the aluminum column. After I removed the column I pounded on the 2x8 until it fell out and "poof" down came half the roof.
To get the other side down I went up on the roof and broke each rafter in succession so it would fall down toward the pile of junk instead of on my boat. I called the family out so they could watch it fall down.
Now the fun part starts. I have to break all this up and put it in a 4 cubic foot dumpster. I think I can get it in 3 loads. I am going to sort out the aluminum to give to a guy from church that I give all my scrap metal to. What a MESS!!
2 comments:
It's amazing how much better it looks. Are you going to miss the shade back there or are you just happy it is gone?
I am going to build a garage in its place. At least that is the plan.
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