In today’s video I will be showing you how to remove and replace roofing plywood decking. If you enjoy the video be sure to give it a thumbs up If you have ideas for future videos, comment down below! #StayAverage #HodgsonRoofing
You can use a 2" hole saw and drill 2 holes in the rafter 6-12 inches below the skylight and 3"from top to vent the dead space area below the skylight on both sides.
I Like to leave few old sheets on to keep the rafters in place while I put install the new sheets. Same deal leaves me something to walk on as well. Especially if the the roof is way out of square. Saves on making slightly angled cuts keeps the seams tight and I don’t have to add any nailers to the rafters. And I staple the baffles to the back of the ply before I lay them.
Love your videos Dilly. Fellow Ontario Roofing Contractor here. A lot of hacks in the muskoka area would just shingle right over that shit and caulk the hell out of the skylight or go over with 3/8 ply. Good Content!
Nothing average about your work and knowledge!!! Way above average, that’s the only way to rectify that problem you ran into with that roof. Excellent👏👏👏
Dilly is trying so hard to be serious and big times in the background acting a fool 😂... I think everybody knows to just look past him at this point 😂😂😂😂 Big timmeee!!!! Your camera skills are on point better then average 🙌
THE REMOTE SHADED SKYLIGHT DYLAN!!! 😂🤣😂 very informative and overall a great video. Not to mention the hilarious upselling hype man Hahaha. If you guys are ever in WI, please do my roof lol
How to flash it? Bro they just used some stock flashings. Small AF and didn't even have to use steps apparently. Must be nice. EZ af to install and to shingle. Livin' in the future brooo. :D
My roofer said my plywood still looks good and doesn’t need removal. But offered to add in new plywood for my whole roof for $2k. Now I’m beginning to think they are being lazy. You removed the plywood with ease. lol I think I should back out on adding new if it’s still good
@@Average_Roofer Hi, I don't know if my description will make sense, but the rotten plywood I have to change on a roof is right underneath the point where another roof meets square. Do you have a vid to recommend with this situation?
I enjoyed the video, as I'm stripping a roof this week, and re-decking it with 5/8" sheets. Question about the baffles - what manufacturer and / or supplier? Thank's for the details and the overview as well.
We have a leak coming through bathroom vent. I removed the boot which didnt seem to have any cracks. It came off rather quickly so the caulking obviously had failed or dried up. Under that area, there was no tar paper and where they changed the sheet of plywood they left a seam of open space about 1/8 of an inch and noticed that the shingles around it were starting to disintegrate. Could the leak have been going through the shingles and trickling down under the plywood even though there were no visible holes? Idk. That would be my guess. Anyways I'm replacing the shingles and ive already laid a new piece of tar paper around the vent pipe. I hope i'll have fixed the problem.
Can you do 1/2 in. ply on a roof with a low slope? 1/12 or 2/12 maybe. Or does it need to be 5/8? I've got 7/16 now, but it's old and rotted from having tree limbs sitting on it.
That depends on your local building codes and truss spacing. Most likely you can get away with 1/2 inch though. It also depends on load, does it hold a lot of weight in the winter time etc.
I'll smoke one or two for him. Wish he could come to Tennessee. Fix less than 5 inches on my roofline. And take a trip down the ocoee river on me. This is hard for me. Plus a front birdbox. 🥺
The H-clips are for spacing, yes; to allow for the seasonal expansion of the plywood sheets. If Dilly was concerned about strength he would have used 5/8” plywood and not 1/2”.
As for “upselling”, it would have been better to up sell the roof decking; why go with 1/2”, the minimum, when you could have used 5/8”? For durability (especially in a cathedral ceiling roof (with no attic space) and peace of mind, the customer would have been better served with the stronger plywood.
I think I speak for all who would watch this video in saying you're not an "Average Roofer". "Your Expert Roofer" is a better description, but I know modesty is the best policy. Great work all around including production.
5/8 should be standard roof decking especially that low of a pitch 2 foot on center and any kind of snow load. Good work with the baffles. Should be a continuous soffit vent, if possible. Average Time!!!
What do you guys do when a roof has been totally iced with that granulated crap? The shingles stick and short of cutting the tabs stripping those and leaving the tops its near impossible to get all the shingle off. Without replacing the plywood all you can do is go over... I use a non granulated ice and water because of this. But its the first thing I look for on a re-roof job. Clients think your nuts when you say they need new ply. Ive been on jobs where they’ve have several re-roofs and there’s 2-3 layers of half shingle stuck to ice and water. Hard to be competitive on those jobs unless its a referral.
We will usually rip the roof off, and let the shingles left on the ice and water bake in the sun for an hour or so and that usually allows them to be lifted. If you can’t get them off at that point you have to either a. Go over them or b. Convince the homeowner that it’s the proper way to replace the plywood sheets. If it’s the entire roof, you must explain how the last roofer incorrectly installed the membrane.
What if you went to do just that. And then your roof had ply board on ply board? And your rafter tails where all rotten. And you cannot get through more front boards cause they're too hard to cut. And you cannot scab on to them. Then what? Sigh* Just curious.🤔
Never smoke on a open roof! Could only imagine a spark from fallen ash from your cigarette to land and spread in that isolation. But that's what you get for an "average roofer"
You can smoke on a roof but please put the buds in your belt. And most importantly never, ever smoke when you have exposed fiberglass (really flammable)
Good video, but dude, fix your audio. I could barely hear you one moment and then had my ears bleeding the next. Just wear a small mic on your collar. Easy fix and will help viewers come back. You have really good content, but horrible sound consistency will force me to Nope out faster than almost anything else.
Great video but very surprised to see no safety gear for fall arrest, would not let you do my roof. Don't come and work in BC, you'll be fined before you know it and out of the business.