It isn't on fire, it is just being replaced. Dave, our roofer, was here yesterday and dropped off some of the stuff that he and his crew will need to strip off the old, worn-out slate and replace it with three-tab shingles. It is a sad thing to have to remove the slate, and not to replace it with slate. But we don't have $80,000 laying around for a roof.
Dave will continue to deliver stuff and the shingles should be here next Monday. We will have scaffolding put up with a walkway so we can walk around the house at roof-level.
We will also have part of the roof ripped off on the Southern side and we will have a window dormer put in. This is only part of the Grand Master Plan, which includes a new chimney (coming at the end of November), a new kitchen, new windows, new insulation, and maybe something else. Franky, the list is so long that I never quite remember what is on it.
The important thing: we will have a new roof by Thanksgiving and so no more water in the house!
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The roof may not be on fire, but today, you'd have plenty of water if it was burning.
So true! But they are here working, getting scaffolding up and later, shingles arrive! Very exciting over here.
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