What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

[bowlerman]

Thanks Charlie (and for your nice comments this week). Virtually every room in our house is painted some shade of green. We are either envious, inexperienced or very eco-friendly. :eusa_doh:

Lol!

Alan, that Knox might be the best hat in the lounge.

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[T Jones]

Hard work... be careful up there. I'm your age. I've done some cedar shingle roofing on the low slope of my back porch, but the rest of the house is way beyond my limits. We did a tear off a few years back. The crew told me that there was no place on our roof where a full 4 x 8 panel of plywood can be laid down. A few pictures:

Oh yeah! I know those roofs very well. Around Central Ohio, the Columbus area, we have several Historical neighborhoods, German Village, Victorian Village, Old Town East, Merion Village, etc. which have roofs like yours. Space sheathing like I see on your roof would originally have had either a Wood Shake roof or a Slate Roof. I've worked on plenty of both. I can also see where the roofers would have had to nail down either OSB or plywood over the space sheathing...and that is one cut up roof! There was a lot of work involved on your roof. I'm also fimiliar with that shingle you had put on too. Those are individual asphalt shingle pieces that emulate a Vermont Slate look. They're very nice high end quality shingles you had put on. Excellent choice for your house....oh, the Knox 20 looks very nice too!

 

[T Jones]

The two biggies were the roof nearly four years ago, and then the basement. My wife wouldn't have let me do the roof even if I had wanted to. Way too dangerous that high off the ground for someone as scared of heights as I am.

And then the basement. Ah, yes, the basement.

In my part of the Cleveland area the water table has risen so much, our houses are basically sitting in lakes. So water would come up through the concrete flooring. I tried all the less expensive routes which of course failed - and finally went with a company that provides a full warranty that I can pass on to the next owner. But it took some serious work: jackhammering a two foot drain around the inside of the entire basement and putting pipes that drain to the massive two-stage sump pump and downspouts. Digging around the entire outside of the basement and doing the same as inside. And if the electricity goes out, the backup sump works for 7 days. If anything fails, the company will replace anything for free for the life of the house. It cost more than I pay for a year for my daughter to attend college. I can truly say I hate owning a home.

I feel for you buddy. Replacing a roof is a big expense. Basement waterproofing is no joke either. I used to work for a basement waterproofing company some years back. We had to trench out the basements as you described and then dig around the outside basement wall and lay drain tile inside and out, plus dig out a leach bed, with a shovel, in the yard somewhere. I know there was a lot of work to that one, in addition to being a big cost as well. At least you got a couple of the biggest ones out of the way. Hopefully it's just minor to moderate upkeep you have to face now.

 

[hatophile]

Nice Knox on the noodle, Alan.
Looking sharp with your Steel VS Charlie.
You look ready for rough weather there ingineer.

 

[alanfgag]

Thanks, TJ. Yes, the tear-off was the first done since the house was built in the 1890s. It had shakes on the bottom and way too many layers of reroof on top. Big job, but it came out nice. The shingle is in sheets, imitating slates. On the turret, they cut the sheets into individual pieces, grading the size from large to narrow as they went up. It was a crazy amount of work, but wound up solving the wonky turret wrap that was the norm in earlier jobs.

Thanks Jeff. Don't be a stranger!

 

[alanfgag]

Mazel Tov Charlie!

 

[T Jones]

Thanks, TJ. Yes, the tear-off was the first done since the house was built in the 1890s. It had shakes on the bottom and way too many layers of reroof on top. Big job, but it came out nice. The shingle is in sheets, imitating slates. On the turret, they cut the sheets into individual pieces, grading the size from large to narrow as they went up. It was a crazy amount of work, but wound up solving the wonky turret wrap that was the norm in earlier jobs.

Thanks Jeff. Don't be a stranger!

Yup. The individual pieces would have been the way to go on the turret. Nice looking roof job. I like that color scheme.

 

[ManofKent]

David - fine looking VS

Harv - I really like that colour combination.

Andy - that VS has a beautiful colour felt.

Perry - out of your great collection of hats that has to be in my top 5

TJones - You've just reminded me I must get round to getting the extension re-felted this summer (I take it you don't cover the UK? )

Sam - I really like that distinctive bow

Alan - that roof does look a task! Beautiful Twenty too.

Charlie - two lovely photos, even with that odd chap in the VS in them

ingineer - when the winds call, a cap is perfect.

 

[BlackMaskPulp]

Nice hats everyone.

ManofKent - I really dig your style. If I was rich I'd offer you a job as my personal shopper.

Shoveling the driveway in a Fed IV. That snowbank behind me is about 6 feet tall. Eeesh.

 

[hatguy1]

Man, that's some gorgeous architecture, Alan. Love that turret. I imagine that church in the distance is quite striking too.

 

[ManofKent]

BlackMaskPulp - Nicely worn Fed. My bank manager would love me to be spending other people's money rather than my own

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NOS Canadian made Biltmore Imperial today. The brim is wider than I really like homburgs to be, but it's growing on me, although I'm still undecided on the shade of green (thoughts on trying a brown or black ribbon to try and tone it down?):

 

[alanfgag]

The full body shot is a wonderful photograph, Richard. :eusa_clap

 

[alanfgag]

Man, that's some gorgeous architecture, Alan. Love that turret. I imagine that church in the distance is quite striking too.

Our street is known for its turrets. It makes a beautiful third floor room too, with a high cone shaped ceiling. The Presbyterian Church is beautiful. The congregation is having a rough time affording the upkeep with the dwindling number of family members... a problem common to many of our older city religious institutions.

 

[Geldoc]

Richard, I like that wider brim on this one.

 

[hatguy1]

How sad, Alan. Hope they can find the funding somehow.

Richard, great looking hat. I was hoping to find a similar green fedora thru our local hatmaker for St Patricks day. But alas, he had none in stock and I waited to long to start the search to order one in time to arrive for the holiday weekend. Yours looks quite smashing.


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[Orangegrad]

Richard - fantastic homburg. What a great color.

Alan wins the difficult to replay roof contest. What a great view from up there, though.

 

[hatophile]

NIce Fed Black mask

Richard, I wouldn't change a thing about that hat! Now go have a pint of Guinness for me.

 

[hatguy1]

Aye, Guiness!


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[fashion frank]

Man of Kent , Richard that tie and hat go great together and love the homburg and it will grow on you go man go !

BTW Alan I have turrent envy now !

All the Best , Fashion Frank

 

[1mach1]

Thank you for the compliments, Gentlemen. Very nice hat selections today!!

Richard, the brim on that hat is phenomenal! Nice outfit, too.