Now, you have to be in your 50s to recognize that reference to the famous Led Zeppelin song, now 37 years old but sounding as good as the day it was released."Stairway to Heaven" is a song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin. It was composed by guitarist Jimmy Page and vocalist Robert Plant for the band's fourth studio album, Led Zeppelin IV (1971). It was voted #3 in 2000 by VH1 on their list of the 100 Greatest Rock Songs. It is the most requested song on FM radio stations in the United States, despite never having been released as a single there."
Now you're probably wondering what the hell is Machette talking about. We'll my wood cutting friend Bill McCutchen had offered to loan my his scaffolding a couple of months ago, and made good on the offer this week. I called to borrow it: OK he says, then proceeds to deliver it to the house and set it up for me (I dropped off a case of beer at this shop this afternoon; way cheap rent).
After the shingling is about 7 ft above ground level, you're going to be on some sort of elevated platform, hopefully scaffolding, but more likely ladders or combinations of saw horses and other devices. Let me tell you, the scaffolding is way safer and much easier to work from. I managed to lay about twice as many shingles yesterday, depleting my painted stock. So Nancy had to dip another couple hundred this am for the next bout of shingling, probably on Friday.
So the catch line is that every time I climb up onto the scaffolding, I may be finding my way to Heaven, especially if I tumble off of the 9 ft ladder I'm using to reach the peak of the garage roof. Wait til I have to stack the scaffolding two layers high and use a ladder for the rear gabled roof line and corbels (damn them things).
If you are prone to acrophobia, stop here. I attached the upper corbel by standing on the 9 ft step ladder (yellow). Need I say more.
Evil Knevil.
