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اردوAs mentioned on my radio shows, the house here in Pennsylvania which I inherited from my mom, needs a new roof. The Roofers arrived at about 7:00 AM this morning, along with the 30 yard dumpster for construction debris.
Getting the dumpster down the curved driveway onto the property seemed like it was going to be tough, but the truck driver was from Brooklyn, NY (originally) and got it down onto the property like a pro!
Next, a couple vanloads of roofers arrived - even girls!
They strapped-on their hammers, took their tools up ladders, and began taking off the old roofing shingles. They spread tarps on the ground to throw the debris for easy clean-up, and began throwing the removed shingles onto the tarps.
They had a third of the house cleared in short order and then began removing the 1/2" plywood roof itself; right down to the rafter joists!
By 8:30, two thirds of the house had no plywood roof!
Just before 8:30, the delivery truck from the lumber company arrived with 56 sheets of 5/8" plywood, plywood clips, and nails. The truck had its own fork truck attached to the back and the driver used that fork lift to bring the lumber down to the job site.
Incidentally, the plywood clips go on the ends and sides of each sheet of plywood and act as spring-spacers to leave about 1/4" gap between each sheet of plywood, so when the roof heats-up, and the plywood expands, there is no buckling of the roof!
As you might guess, this is a really busy morning here.
Thankfully, clear blue skies, gentle breeze, cool temperature . . . good work weather.
The two satellite uplinks for my radio show have to come off the old roof, so the new one can be installed. They won't be back for a few days, so one of the "fail-overs" for my radio show will be out of commission until they're back, but the show still has cable modem and cellular fail-over. I expect the show will air just fine.
I have a bunch of pictures, but am hesitant to put them online. If I do, I have to remove the EXIF data which specifies location, so it's a hassle to do. Might do it later, we'll see.
More later . . . .
Comments
Blessings,
Gogi
Prior to that, to my knowledge, the original roof had been on since the early 1980's.
There WAS rot. Some of the 1/2" plywood taken off today had rot so wide a man could have literally fallen through it.
THe reason I had the plywood pulled was not just because of the rot. I didn't like the idea of 1/2" and I wanted 5/8" because of the sometimes severe downpours here in summer, and frequent severe snow in winter.
I wanted a stronger roof.
Moreover, I did not want to mix and mingle 5/8" new plywood with the still in good condition 1/2" plywood.
It may be that the roofers Hal is using are taking the quick and easy way to do a roof. Maybe it is easier to replace entire deck 4x8s than cut out the rotted wood and cut decking to size. I don't know. All I know is that the roofers I'm using are cutting out the bad decking and cuting new decking to fit the piece removed.
1) The full owning amount, OR;
2) 95% of the APPRAISED VALUE
After a lengthy court fight, the company had a formal appraisal done and the house came in at $172,000. I was able to inherit it by paying 95% of that, or $163,400.
So it was not "free."
Then I had to do all sorts of significant repairs and updates.
I explained it all on my show tonight.
Hal didn't inherit his mother's house for free. His mother had taken out a reverse mortgage on the house while Hal was in prison. Hal had to pay big bucks to get the house from the reverse mortgage company. After THAT expense, he's been spending big bucks fixing everything that needed repair, which was a LOT!
Thanks!!!
Installer again did a great job. He is having to repair new roofs in new construction within a year here in town b/c quality is so poor.
And the Mexicans joke-around with the Guatemalens by telling me "They're from Honduras." Apparently, people from Guatemala do not like Hondurans!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Rz1EUPncKw&t=300s
I would like to help on the roof.
Thanks for the response William. I got it done.
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"6th Article down it says fund raising.
Click on it and scroll down.
It has a widget that says 1 time or recurring.
Below that, it says custom amount."
up for the last 2-3 days but I can't find it today...
specs: credit card, one-time donation, $2 or so
processing fee, you get to pick the amount...
Quoting GlenB:
Click on it and scroll down.
It has a widget that says 1 time or recurring.
Below that, it says custom amount.
Couldn't be a whole lot simpler.
Get busy,,,,
Be blessed
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When they finish, go over every inch of area where you can. No matter how good they are, there is always a nail or two that will flatten a tire at the worst time. Just a life lesson I wanted to share.....
My roofer had one and went over the yard many times when the roof was done. He fussed at me for wearing sandals in the yard until they could get finished. Wear good thick shoes while this is going on.
Probably some of the owners daughters ..... I know if I had a roofing crew my daughters would want to work too. Get their coffee brewed and stay out of the way ....ha ha
The REAL relief is when it is finished ........enjoy your "new" home ....... That is going to be a real blessing to have it secure . . . . . . .
You'll be in like Flint.
i'm having my house Re-Roofed " reshingled" and I'm still waiting for contractor to make his was to my residence....Hal's contractor is fast!
So no pics no matter what, IMHO....
Got a good laugh from this article today with me coffee. Looks like the GREAT Iran is making more then AWESOME effective drones to kill fake jews and real nazis. Ole bibi probably don't like this either.
Hope the fake jews try and do something about it. Would be funny to see one of these units hit hell--a--viv.
Where's da shaw when we need him the most?
I hope you crap in your bed tonight
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