Longfellow, Minneapolis
1924 bungalow in Longfellow
Two layers of old shingles off, nine sheets of rotten decking replaced, and new chimney flashing to stop a leak into the upstairs bathroom.
Size
24 squares
Time on site
2 days
Job type
Retail job
Crew lead
Tomás Ruiz
Finished
How the job went
Jenna called us about a stain on her bathroom ceiling that came back every spring. The inspection found the chimney’s step flashing pulled loose, and under it, two layers of shingles from 1987 and 2004.
Tear-off took the first morning. Under the chimney, nine sheets’ worth of the original plank boards were soft, and we sent Jenna a photo of each one before replacing it with 7/16 in. OSB. The new roof is GAF Timberline HDZ in Charcoal with new step flashing and counterflashing ground into the mortar joints.
The city signed off on November 3. The one thing we got wrong: the dumpster wheel scraped the edge of the driveway, and we came back the next week to patch it.
Nine sheets of new OSB where the old plank boards had rotted under the chimney.
