January Jive

[getsome]

Wishing everyone here a happy New Year in 2024 which looks to be a very interesting year to come…….God Bless America!

[Armybrat]

Happy New Year!

Be careful, a friend who lives in the Seattle area just posted that she spent the afternoon in the ER.
Seems she fell off her house roof while sweeping off the pine needles & other tree junk.
Broke her shoulder and wrist.
A 64 year old lady shouldn’t be doing that sort of activity..

[getsome]

I stopped getting on the roof a while back and hire people to clean the gutters and such because I don’t heal near as fast as I used to…..

[dao]

Happy New Year!

Be careful, a friend who lives in the Seattle area just posted that she spent the afternoon in the ER.
Seems she fell off her house roof while sweeping off the pine needles & other tree junk.
Broke her shoulder and wrist.
A 64 year old lady shouldn’t be doing that sort of activity..

Um, my wife likes cleaning the gutters. I don't. Last time I did hand her the leaf blower after she was already on the roof though. She's a keeper.

Happy New Year!

[JohnR]

Um, my wife likes cleaning the gutters. I don't. Last time I did hand her the leaf blower after she was already on the roof though. She's a keeper.

Happy New Year!

I hope you have good life insurance on her!

[BirdsThaWord]

Happy New Year everybody!
Interesting dao, as my wife is the gutter cleaner too. Not that I can’t, but I put it off too long. Hoping to put in gutter guards eventually so she won’t have to.
I’m the one that blows off the roof though. She’s the one handing up the blower. Slipped once when up there. Knee cap came down directly on top of a fastener head (metal roof). Left an imprint in my knee cap shaped just like that fastener head. Smarted real good. Now I only wear a certain type of shoes up there as they are grabby. I sold metal roofs for years and always cautioned homeowner’s about walking on them, then there I go. I’ve walked hundreds of roofs without issue (other than putting a leg through a rotted area once) but never fell until on my roof. Guy I worked for got it real good one day. He fell through the roof, through the ceiling, down into the house. Surprisingly, he did not break any bones.

[340pd]

1. Gutter covers, one of the best investments I have ever made.
2. Before gutter covers,

https://www.stihlusa.com/products/bl...ies/gutterkit/

[dao]

I hope you have good life insurance on her!

Actually, none.

Happy New Year everybody!
Interesting dao, as my wife is the gutter cleaner too. Not that I can’t, but I put it off too long. Hoping to put in gutter guards eventually so she won’t have to.
I’m the one that blows off the roof though. She’s the one handing up the blower. Slipped once when up there. Knee cap came down directly on top of a fastener head (metal roof). Left an imprint in my knee cap shaped just like that fastener head. Smarted real good. Now I only wear a certain type of shoes up there as they are grabby. I sold metal roofs for years and always cautioned homeowner’s about walking on them, then there I go. I’ve walked hundreds of roofs without issue (other than putting a leg through a rotted area once) but never fell until on my roof. Guy I worked for got it real good one day. He fell through the roof, through the ceiling, down into the house. Surprisingly, he did not break any bones.

I worked construction for many years. Lots of high stuff off scaffolding, both professionally made, and jury-rigged. Even hung gutters for awhile. Never liked working up high. And I'm not as flexible as I once was so when I'm on the roof I move like the michelin man. My wife actually enjoys doing gutters. So, being a good husband who knows the value of a happy wife, I let her

1. Gutter covers, one of the best investments I have ever made.
2. Before gutter covers,

https://www.stihlusa.com/products/bl...ies/gutterkit/

I've always wondered about these. When the screens fill up don't they allow the water to back up under the roofing and down the backside of the gutter, against the barge board (fascia)?

[340pd]

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[Bawanna]

Happy New Year everybody!
Interesting dao, as my wife is the gutter cleaner too. Not that I can’t, but I put it off too long. Hoping to put in gutter guards eventually so she won’t have to.
I’m the one that blows off the roof though. She’s the one handing up the blower. Slipped once when up there. Knee cap came down directly on top of a fastener head (metal roof). Left an imprint in my knee cap shaped just like that fastener head. Smarted real good. Now I only wear a certain type of shoes up there as they are grabby. I sold metal roofs for years and always cautioned homeowner’s about walking on them, then there I go. I’ve walked hundreds of roofs without issue (other than putting a leg through a rotted area once) but never fell until on my roof. Guy I worked for got it real good one day. He fell through the roof, through the ceiling, down into the house. Surprisingly, he did not break any bones.

My dad did that back in the day. Helping on a roof, went thru, thru the ceiling and ended up sitting beside the lady owner of the house on the couch. Didn't get hurt, neither of them. If he'd been a bit to one side, it would have been ugly. Never did tell me if the owner was cute or anything, wondered about that to this day.
I never cared working the high stuff either, I could climb a tree or anything where I'm using my hands, but walking walls, or even a rickety ladder, scaffolding etc, wasn't my thing.