Roof Repair in the Blazing Heat

While this roof doesn't look that bad, it definitely needed to be replaced.  The underpinnings of it had rotted (probably from moisture from the huge hot tub in the basement after 20+ years), and although it didn't leak (yet), our contractor son, Tony, had let us know when he did a minor repair on it last year that it was "Squishy" when he walked on it.

So Tony made time for us in his busy summer building season to replace the roof.  Our grandson, Jesse, is following in his dad's footsteps, and is the hardest working 21 year old man I know.  They do amazing work in a real short time. Tony stripped the old roof, resheeted it, and put new metal on, while Jesse hauled debris away, lugged plywood to hand up to Tony on the roof, and counselled all the sightseers who dropped by.  They did all this in one and a half days including driving over from Eastern Washington to do the job.

I'm pretty sure a good mother wouldn't put her son on a dangerous roof to work in 90 degree (in the shade) weather, but I'm always proud of him and his excellent work and willingness to drop everything to come to our rescue.  

All done and it looks so good - enjoyed admiring it from the lake as I swam today!

All Better!

Look at that beautiful blue sky!  A rarity in December, we lucked out and were able to complete our roof repair while the sun was shining!

Having great supply people, and a wonderful contractor, took most of the anxiety out of the job.  Good weather really was a blessing! The day after they buttoned it all up, it started pouring rain again!

We had frost every morning, and I asked Keith, our roofer, "Which is worse, rain or frost?"  He said "Definitely rain! Especially on a metal roof!"

We still have a tiny bit of painting to do where the eave on the office broke. Repair is done and cleanup complete. So we start our new year with a new roof, and a new attitude - looking forward to good things in 2018!