Dirty Jobs Recap: Hot Tar Roofer

Hot Tar Roofer. Who knew that putting a roof on could be such hard work? First you have to scrape off the old roof. But not too far. You have to leave on the bottom layer as a base. Then you have to lay down the bottom layer and spread the hot - literally near-boiling tar. Normally tar is this gunky, taffy-like substance, but not hear. It's almost liquid, like water. Wow, that's hot.

Once you get this done a couple of times, you add one more layer of hot and then spread a whole bunch of rocks on top of the mess, and those get embedded into the hardening layer. And that's how you lay a roof. What a bunch of work. I'd just hire someone. But probably not Mike.

House Mover. In this segment, Mike helps move a house. Really. He gets down under the house and helps maneuver these gigantic steel beams (that actually bend under the weight of the house) to lift the house straight up off its foundation, then they put these huge wheels under the beams and roll the whole thing off down the street. Easy, when you have the right tools.

The Viewer's Choice episode includes a highlight not seen during the regular episode that shows us producer Dave Barsky helping out too. Well, truth be known he didn't do much. But he did hit a pile of dirt with a hammer, and thus far, that's the most that anyone has ever seen him do.

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