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kevin_standlee) wrote2024-03-08 04:59 pm
kevin_standlee) wrote2024-03-08 04:59 pm
Roof Work
I have hired a roofer who says he can replace the roughly 10' x 30' section of missing shingles from the upper roof, fix/replace the failing flashing along the eves on that same roof line, and replace the failed rain gutter on the opposite side of the room. Initially he projected this as a one day job, but things did not go quickly.
On Thursday morning, we got some unexpected rain and these snow flurries, although no snow stuck. I figured the roofer would scrub for today, but the rain stopped mid-morning around the time he arrived. He assessed the situation and made a shopping list of supplies that he was going to need. Unlike some larger firms, he doesn't buy the supplies and then mark them up, so in this case what he did was go to Lowe's and have them call me. Using my Lowe's credit card, I could get six months interest-free financing for the nearly $500 in supplies, which seemed good to me.
He first went after the east side gutter, which was beyond saving.
He pulled down the failed gutter from the roof line. The downspout can be reused.
Here is the old gutter (the brown-and-white stuff), which was very brittle from years of exposure to the elements. The new white gutter material is at right.
After working on this for much of the afternoon, the roofer concluded that his ladder was not long enough and that he would come back the next day with a long enough roof for him to finish the gutter and to start on the shingles and flashing on the opposite side of the house.
On Thursday morning, we got some unexpected rain and these snow flurries, although no snow stuck. I figured the roofer would scrub for today, but the rain stopped mid-morning around the time he arrived. He assessed the situation and made a shopping list of supplies that he was going to need. Unlike some larger firms, he doesn't buy the supplies and then mark them up, so in this case what he did was go to Lowe's and have them call me. Using my Lowe's credit card, I could get six months interest-free financing for the nearly $500 in supplies, which seemed good to me.
He first went after the east side gutter, which was beyond saving.
He pulled down the failed gutter from the roof line. The downspout can be reused.
Here is the old gutter (the brown-and-white stuff), which was very brittle from years of exposure to the elements. The new white gutter material is at right.
After working on this for much of the afternoon, the roofer concluded that his ladder was not long enough and that he would come back the next day with a long enough roof for him to finish the gutter and to start on the shingles and flashing on the opposite side of the house.