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This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum.  Completing this BB is part of getting the straw badge in Homesteading.

For this BB, you will be fixing a leaky roof!

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To document your completion of the BB, provide the photos or video (<2 min) of the following:
 - the leaky roof  
 - the supplies you're starting with
 - part way through the repair
 - the fixed roof
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I got to do this BB today!  I realized it was time to fix the roof on the barn.  It's a bad sign when you can see outside from inside.  The repair was easy, the access was not due to the pitch of the roof and the slope of the ground below.  But with the proper application of mass to the bottom of the ladder, I survived.  All I had to do was pull out the nails that had pulled loose and replace them with roofing screws.
Hey-that-isn-t-a-skylight.-Why-can-I-see-outside-from-in-here-.jpg
Hey, that isn't a skylight. Why can I see outside from in here?
Hey, that isn't a skylight. Why can I see outside from in here?
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Ladder in place
Ladder in place
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Going up (driver in hand)
Going up (driver in hand)
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Fixed!
Fixed!
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Looks better from in here
Looks better from in here
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Tools - impact driver, hex drive socket bit and roofing screws with rubber washer
Tools - impact driver, hex drive socket bit and roofing screws with rubber washer
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I hereby certify this badge bit complete

 
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So with a not so clear day and a week of forecasted rain I thought it was time enough to stop putting this one aside.
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May not look leaky but just wait
May not look leaky but just wait
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There are nails sticking out everywhere and come winter melt...oh boy
There are nails sticking out everywhere and come winter melt...oh boy
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Some more
Some more
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Here's a bad spot
Here's a bad spot
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The screws
The screws
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Close up
Close up
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The tools + plus all the old nails +plus a normal drill (couldn't use an impact driver because we currently have a wasp problem and the hammering aggravates them haha!)
The tools + plus all the old nails +plus a normal drill (couldn't use an impact driver because we currently have a wasp problem and the hammering aggravates them haha!)
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Best thing about houses in Finland is that they have a ladder built onto the house
Best thing about houses in Finland is that they have a ladder built onto the house
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The first screw in
The first screw in
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One done roof plane
One done roof plane
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The other done roof plane
The other done roof plane
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Sorry the ACTUAL other roof plane
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(Sorry...)
(Sorry...)
 
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