16 hours. That's how long it took my dad and I to rebuild that roof. And we still have to coat it. For the past year I have been restlessly desiring a project that would take stress off of my mind. This is it. On my drive home, about 2.5 hours, I felt relatively calm. I felt accomplished. Below are some more pictures of the Starmaster 7 Roof Rebuild portion of the project.
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| First, this is my son helping. He's 2 and prefers real tools over toys. |
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| Outer frame is 1/2" marine plywood with an inner frame of 1" x 1 1/2" furring strips as a "nailing flange". |
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| The length of the roof is 10' 3". The building supply center didn't carry any plywood longer than 8'. We spliced the two pieces cut with an aluminum plate. |
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| We used 1/2" foil backed foam insulation adhered to the aluminum roof with 1" x 3" pine across the width, to both hold the foam and add support. |
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| The roof is back on. We had to actually flip the roof around after this initial test fit, because the canopy rail was on the wrong side. |
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| Next steps are to scrub all of the grime off and coat the roof. |
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