Roofer madness
April 13, 2006 – 11:50 amIn exchange for putting up their website, we have some contractors here replacing our current roof which had been in very bad shape. Roof replacement is a painful process of discovery.
Some genius who worked on this roof before we moved in decided it was a good idea to: 1) Cut some kind of access hole directly into the roof. 2) Cover it up with shingles and nothing else. Gah!
This is what happens when you don’t put drip edge on a roof. Shingles and siding become mere decorations rather than actual water-repelling implements. Without the drip edge, water ran behind our siding and into our living room and caused holes to form in our roof due to stagnant pools of water.
Josh, welcome to your new role as a homeowner!
Still, I’ll gladly take this over renting any day. It’s a tradeoff we’re happy to make.
3 Responses to “Roofer madness”
Hah. Don’t remind me. I’m in my honeymoon with the house right now. Don’t ruin it.
By Doss on Apr 13, 2006
You should post a history of the wonderful presents the previous do-it-yourselfers left in your house one of these days.
We live in an old house that was previously populated by do-it-yourselfers. Sometimes I wish horrible things upon them…
By JGraff on Apr 14, 2006
Sorry to hear that your old roofers were morons. And the old building inspector must have been just as much of an idiot to allow that hole and missing drip edge to pass inspection.
By Matt Moore on Apr 18, 2006