Finally, some pics

[narcnh]

Jibber, a metal roof is a beautiful thing. It needs no maintenance, it isn't noisy, it lasts a long time, and, best of all, snow slides off of it. At my last house I had to chop ice dams off of the shingled roof. Actually fell off of the roof, when I lost my footing climbing over the peak and slid all the way down. T'was a painful experience. Two days after I had the standing seam roof installed we have a big snowstorm. Watching the snow slide off the roof in big sheets with a rumbly WOOSH was a wonderful experience that still brings tears to my eyes, when I think about it.

 

[equipman]

narcnh
Since all the guitar players that I know are so nimble, I'm sure that you landed on your feet when you slid off the roof, right?
Lewis

 

[narcnh]

Lewis, we're nimble, but tend to slow down in the cold. I actually slid from the peak to the edge of the roof, where in desperation I swung my hammer and hooked the claw in the remnants of one of the very ice dams I was whacking off the roof. As I dangeld there on the edge of the roof, my buddy, who was helping me and who happened to be on the ground at the time, ran over with a ladder and guided my feet onto it and off the roof. We called it a day after that. For days afterward my hip and butt were black and blue from sliding over the icy bits that were stuck to the roof.

Metal roofs are much better.