Dude, after having spent almost 50 years in construction, I truly appreciate you normalizing the safety aspect of your work. All of the good work and making money is for nothing when you fall from the roof and are crippled for life or worse. It takes a little getting used to but so did carrying bags and work on the roof, eventually it just becomes another important part of the job.
Hi there, I enjoyed this video a lot, especially your perspective about the harness. Totally get it If you were decking over delaminated plywood, do you think code requires it to go into trusses?
Awesome thank you for this comment. Glad you enjoyed the video and appreciate the commentary. Regarding your question, which is a great question by the way.⬇️ If you’re running an additional substrate on top of an existing layer of plywood, that is delaminating, then most definitely your new substrate will have to have fasteners that go through the delaminated plywood and attached to the Framing members, whether it be truss or rafters. Hope that helps 👍
Great job and safety tips. To be honest, I've seen a lot of roofing professionals without harnesses. I am an emergency nurse and have cared for patients that had fallen through roofs... So, thank you for the safety first tip
Doesn’t look to sunny but when I used to roof I used to wear a fishing long sleeve with a hood on it and put the hood on and then my sombrero. It was sun protective and kept me cool as well. You should try it . When I shingled it use to keep the itchy ness away but honestly I hate the sun or was scared to get cancer. The sun heat in Bullhead City Az is brutal . Good to see you wearing a harness and nice job up there. Also when I used to clean the roof I would take a blower up there instead of using the air line. Always came in handy and sometimes would use a magnet just to be safe. You know what ur doing my dude keep it up 👌🏽👌🏽
Just noting for folks looking to sheet their roof from other parts of the country, that this shows a method that is for exposed eaves (hotter climate zones) only. About using the higher price galvanized nails over non-galvanized. In theory what you say is true about rusting, but in practice are you ever going to have a leak for so long that the nail is going to completely rust away or even lose a small fraction of its ability to hold the sheeting? I don’t think so, and when the leak is fixed that whole sheet is coming off, along with the rusted nails, to be replaced, so in my view the galvanized nails are wasted $. My 2 cents is all.
Totally make great and valid points. I do like to build things a little bit overkill and I have done a lot of insurance build back work on roofs that were built with non-galvanized nails had a lot of rust and repair needed due to water getting below the shingles for a long time, and if the nails were galvanized would have lasted longer, but yes, not really necessary but I still do it like that. Thanks for your two cents appreciate the feedback 👍
Yea I always have a rope when I went up on a roof . I made one mistake and almost stepped off the roof . That feeling is the only thing that 😱 me in life !
If you lay out your rafters or trusses correctly you should only have to cut a start and finish sheet on each course of plywood. Depending on your overhang and soffit design. You will generally have to rip the top course, thats standard, if you have to cut sheets in the field though, you have done something wrong.
I know this comment is like 8 months old but do you never have specials? Is it always just 2ft and go for you? Cause if you got specials it aint always gonna work
Good point. It gets even more complicated with exposed beam rafter tails that need to be divided equal for the wall and overhang dimensions. Might have extra rafters with no tails if you want to keep the sheeting layout true from each direction. You can almost always avoid cutting in the field with planning but not every project pays or has time for that.
How do I prepare to lay down my first sheet, I’m 20 and been working on my first house trying to pick up what I can but I wanna learn more so please don’t judge me
That’s awesome ‼️ you can learn a lot from this guy‘s channel. Watch all these videos and you feel a lot more confident. No one should judge you for asking great questions. You have to start somewhere and there’s never a bad question. I’m sure they will get back to you with the response usually takes them a day. Typically what I do. Is I go to the lowest part of my roof at the facia. Measure for my starter board if you’re putting any. Those are the white planks he puts on at the end of this video. You want that to land center of your outside pressure blocks. Nail a nail into the center of your pressure block at your eaves halfway in. Then go about 6 feet and put another nail halfway in. That’s where your first piece of plywood will start. The nails are there to hold your plywood in place while you nailing your first one. Then do that down the line and you’ll have your whole first row done of plywood. Another quick tip. You don’t want any pieces smaller than 2 feet. So when you running your last piece of plywood you may have to rip some off but at your gable point you don’t want a ripper smaller than 2 feet. Or on your ends if so you can cut back the plywood to the next Joyce to give yourself a bigger piece on your ends and at your ridge. Hope that helps keep it up man you got this bro🔨😎👍🏻💪🏼
Great question you can definitely nail to perimeter blocking or mid span blocking. Sorry took so long to respond always so so busy Let use know if you have any other questions. Thanks for watching
6 years walking roofs. never worn a harness… not once. i feel like that’s one more thing to trip on causing you to fall. one more thing to waste time. All you need is a couple 16ft 2 bys with 4 spikes in each you’ll be fine.
I totally understand I know a few roofers that I’ve done roofing for 20 years and they’re good. Then on the other hand I know roofers that of been roofing for 20 years then fall off with a serious injury. And all it took was that one mistake that one time. I’m sure you’ve had a few close calls. Typically single story no big deal but a second story no matter what I always recommend doing with the harness. Thanks for your comment 👍😎
@@co-know-proconstructiontips Yah mostly because of wind, learned to just stay on the ground with wind. literally seen plywood fly off a lift like they were cards in a deck one time. Had to fish a couple out of the neighbors pool lol not a good day. The f*cked up part is we have harnesses on the job but don’t use them. Luckily we’ve been only walking 6/12’s the last couple of years.
The corset is great. I love the yellow color. Do they come in different colors. I'd say it looks very macho and quite a lovely fit. Where could I get one?
Girl love the video but I do got to call you out on the harness you have the rope backwards the hook that you hook to the anchor has to be hooked to your back cuz that's your fall suspension
I’m not sure what you mean by the question? If you’re referring to the eighth inch gap. Yes, they are supposed to have expansion between each vertical and horizontal piece.
Good video bud but a few pet peeves... Why you shootin the facia with the gun? And to me it didnt even look like galvys in the gun though i could be wrong. Second to each their own with the harness situation.. No way i could rock a harness. We been sheeting a 8/12 the last 2 days and all it would take it one mistep or step back to get better grip or anything and you could step on the rope which is just as scary as stepping on a hose or cord.
I’m 18 and help my dad do roofs like these but we never wear that harness stuff or at least they don’t. My dad says if we fall then at least we falling into water since we build big boat decks with roofs
Video clearly shows no spacing between the plywood sheets. Supposed to be 1/8 inch minimum but video shows plywood sheeting butting up against each other solidly with no spacing. This roof WILL BUCKLE at some point guaranteed.
Oh there’s an 8th inch gap lol are you a framer? Because if so, you’d know exactly how we did it and we explain it on the video as well, but you obviously didn’t watch the whole thing too smart for that aren’t you lol.😂
Dude, after having spent almost 50 years in construction, I truly appreciate you normalizing the safety aspect of your work. All of the good work and making money is for nothing when you fall from the roof and are crippled for life or worse. It takes a little getting used to but so did carrying bags and work on the roof, eventually it just becomes another important part of the job.
Thanks for that Randy very well said. Thanks for watching
Safety foremost. I like watching these guys at work building this stuff. Amazing how it all comes together.
Hi there,
I enjoyed this video a lot, especially your perspective about the harness. Totally get it
If you were decking over delaminated plywood, do you think code requires it to go into trusses?
Awesome thank you for this comment. Glad you enjoyed the video and appreciate the commentary. Regarding your question, which is a great question by the way.⬇️
If you’re running an additional substrate on top of an existing layer of plywood, that is delaminating, then most definitely your new substrate will have to have fasteners that go through the delaminated plywood and attached to the Framing members, whether it be truss or rafters.
Hope that helps 👍
Thanks for the advice on the harness.
Absolutely 👍 thanks for watching
Glad I watched this... I had the side with the lanyard thats enclosed in that plastic attached to my dorsal d ring and not the roof anchor
Great job and safety tips. To be honest, I've seen a lot of roofing professionals without harnesses. I am an emergency nurse and have cared for patients that had fallen through roofs... So, thank you for the safety first tip
Thanks for this great comment. Thank you for being a nurse that is amazing. Safety first 👍😊
Thank you so much for that video!
Your welcome, glad you enjoyed the video 👍😎
Love the first minute. Confidence and skill drive strong worker's.
But this video was OSHA approved.
Safety first.!!! Awesome 👍
You got that right! Thanks for watching :-}
Doesn’t look to sunny but when I used to roof I used to wear a fishing long sleeve with a hood on it and put the hood on and then my sombrero. It was sun protective and kept me cool as well. You should try it . When I shingled it use to keep the itchy ness away but honestly I hate the sun or was scared to get cancer. The sun heat in Bullhead City Az is brutal . Good to see you wearing a harness and nice job up there. Also when I used to clean the roof I would take a blower up there instead of using the air line. Always came in handy and sometimes would use a magnet just to be safe. You know what ur doing my dude keep it up 👌🏽👌🏽
A great video, it would of been nice if you had attached a GoPro to your body to give more detail on how you cut, fitted and nailed the Oxboard.
Awesome work bro
Thank you bro, appreciate that comment, thanks for watching👍😎
Thank you very much for the great video
You are very welcome glad you like the video👍
Doing this today on a small shed , Very Helpful Vid ..Tks .
Right on have a good time on your build glad the video helped👍🏻😎🔨📐
Good advice young man..
Thank you!
Just noting for folks looking to sheet their roof from other parts of the country, that this shows a method that is for exposed eaves (hotter climate zones) only.
About using the higher price galvanized nails over non-galvanized. In theory what you say is true about rusting, but in practice are you ever going to have a leak for so long that the nail is going to completely rust away or even lose a small fraction of its ability to hold the sheeting? I don’t think so, and when the leak is fixed that whole sheet is coming off, along with the rusted nails, to be replaced, so in my view the galvanized nails are wasted $. My 2 cents is all.
Totally make great and valid points. I do like to build things a little bit overkill and I have done a lot of insurance build back work on roofs that were built with non-galvanized nails had a lot of rust and repair needed due to water getting below the shingles for a long time, and if the nails were galvanized would have lasted longer, but yes, not really necessary but I still do it like that. Thanks for your two cents appreciate the feedback 👍
Yea I always have a rope when I went up on a roof . I made one mistake and almost stepped off the roof . That feeling is the only thing that 😱 me in life !
If you lay out your rafters or trusses correctly you should only have to cut a start and finish sheet on each course of plywood. Depending on your overhang and soffit design. You will generally have to rip the top course, thats standard, if you have to cut sheets in the field though, you have done something wrong.
I know this comment is like 8 months old but do you never have specials? Is it always just 2ft and go for you? Cause if you got specials it aint always gonna work
Great point David
Good point. It gets even more complicated with exposed beam rafter tails that need to be divided equal for the wall and overhang dimensions. Might have extra rafters with no tails if you want to keep the sheeting layout true from each direction. You can almost always avoid cutting in the field with planning but not every project pays or has time for that.
How do I prepare to lay down my first sheet, I’m 20 and been working on my first house trying to pick up what I can but I wanna learn more so please don’t judge me
That’s awesome ‼️ you can learn a lot from this guy‘s channel. Watch all these videos and you feel a lot more confident. No one should judge you for asking great questions. You have to start somewhere and there’s never a bad question. I’m sure they will get back to you with the response usually takes them a day.
Typically what I do. Is I go to the lowest part of my roof at the facia. Measure for my starter board if you’re putting any. Those are the white planks he puts on at the end of this video. You want that to land center of your outside pressure blocks. Nail a nail into the center of your pressure block at your eaves halfway in. Then go about 6 feet and put another nail halfway in. That’s where your first piece of plywood will start. The nails are there to hold your plywood in place while you nailing your first one. Then do that down the line and you’ll have your whole first row done of plywood. Another quick tip. You don’t want any pieces smaller than 2 feet. So when you running your last piece of plywood you may have to rip some off but at your gable point you don’t want a ripper smaller than 2 feet. Or on your ends if so you can cut back the plywood to the next Joyce to give yourself a bigger piece on your ends and at your ridge. Hope that helps keep it up man you got this bro🔨😎👍🏻💪🏼
Can some of your sheathing fasten to the blocking/purlins? Or only rafters?
Great question you can definitely nail to perimeter blocking or mid span blocking. Sorry took so long to respond always so so busy Let use know if you have any other questions. Thanks for watching
Thank you for all the training videos you do. You have a great work ethic...love seeing that. By chance are you in Southern Calif??
Thanks so much for this awesome comment.
Yes we are out of LA California area 👍😎
6 years walking roofs. never worn a harness… not once. i feel like that’s one more thing to trip on causing you to fall. one more thing to waste time. All you need is a couple 16ft 2 bys with 4 spikes in each you’ll be fine.
I totally understand I know a few roofers that I’ve done roofing for 20 years and they’re good. Then on the other hand I know roofers that of been roofing for 20 years then fall off with a serious injury. And all it took was that one mistake that one time.
I’m sure you’ve had a few close calls.
Typically single story no big deal but a second story no matter what I always recommend doing with the harness. Thanks for your comment 👍😎
@@co-know-proconstructiontips Yah mostly because of wind, learned to just stay on the ground with wind. literally seen plywood fly off a lift like they were cards in a deck one time. Had to fish a couple out of the neighbors pool lol not a good day. The f*cked up part is we have harnesses on the job but don’t use them. Luckily we’ve been only walking 6/12’s the last couple of years.
Pro-fessional dude....
Old video but interesting lights and wire went in before sheathing.
whats up coknowpro, i would like to see you put out a video on how to read a blue print if possible. thanks.
Hi Tony, We will definitely be posting some vids/Tips about Blue print Basics thanks for the support Tony !!!!!! :-}
The corset is great. I love the yellow color. Do they come in different colors. I'd say it looks very macho and quite a lovely fit. Where could I get one?
LOL !!!!! H D supply not sure what colors they come in;-}
This dude is laying it down.
Girl love the video but I do got to call you out on the harness you have the rope backwards the hook that you hook to the anchor has to be hooked to your back cuz that's your fall suspension
😂👍😎
@CoKnowPro Is the starter board the same thickness as the plywood?
Yes that is the best if it is the same thickness. If the starter board is A 1/8 or 3\16 bigger is ok as well..Thanks for the comment..
No ridge vent, the roofers going to come by and cut that open but it's very good video you do a great job
I don't know about falling with the rope, I'd make the rope short enough where i won't have to fall 😅
dont you have to space all 4 edges ? verticle and horizontal
I’m not sure what you mean by the question? If you’re referring to the eighth inch gap. Yes, they are supposed to have expansion between each vertical and horizontal piece.
@@co-know-proconstructiontips why don’t you space them then
@@Brandon-no3vc we did 👍
@@co-know-proconstructiontips no you didn’t
@@Brandon-no3vc Don’t leave lame comments ‼️ I said we did and we did end off conversation.
Saw dust on roof= death lol i always use blower after every cut
Great tip, I usually always have my air chuck attached to my bag so I can just clip on my hose and blow roof off pretty frequently. 👍😎
Good video bud but a few pet peeves... Why you shootin the facia with the gun? And to me it didnt even look like galvys in the gun though i could be wrong. Second to each their own with the harness situation.. No way i could rock a harness. We been sheeting a 8/12 the last 2 days and all it would take it one mistep or step back to get better grip or anything and you could step on the rope which is just as scary as stepping on a hose or cord.
I’m 18 and help my dad do roofs like these but we never wear that harness stuff or at least they don’t. My dad says if we fall then at least we falling into water since we build big boat decks with roofs
Thanks for sharing that sounds like a really awesome job be safe. Thanks for watching
As long as you can get your anchor (tool belt) off before you have to take a breath.
But are you gonna rock with the harness?
You know it ! ;-}
Sparky threw in cans and roped the place before it was dried in........interesting
Yeah California weather not much rain got it all done real quick maybe four days house was roofed in.
Solo= Beast mode
You know it brother 😎👍💪👊
Spend the bucks and get a retractable safety line
Such a good recommendation ‼️ Thanks for the advice and watching we appreciate that for sure😎👍🔨
I hate them, always stopping you if you speed up slightly 😂
ruff ruff .....i mean roooooof
Would have preferred that you repeated the nail size because you mumbled it rather than go on about the galvanized properties.
Your local codes may vary, but the 2018 international building code calls for 8d (0.131 in head 2 1/2 in shank) nails.
i like this nigga
Appreciate you 👍😎
Video clearly shows no spacing between the plywood sheets. Supposed to be 1/8 inch minimum but video shows plywood sheeting butting up against each other solidly with no spacing. This roof WILL BUCKLE at some point guaranteed.
Oh there’s an 8th inch gap lol are you a framer? Because if so, you’d know exactly how we did it and we explain it on the video as well, but you obviously didn’t watch the whole thing too smart for that aren’t you lol.😂
Come on man watch the whole video before you leave. Lame comment like that.
@@co-know-proconstructiontipsIt was literally impossible to get to the end with the horrific music. But I’ll take your word for it.