Saturday, September 17, 2011

Stimulating the economy ...

The roof guy just left and I'm gonna be putting a crew to work here for a day (it's an easy job, relatively speaking) in a few weeks. After hearing the cost*, I shoulda ripped a couple more shingles off the roof and put in a homeowners claim after the hurricane.

*They are tearing off two layers of shingle and all of the sheathing, adding ridge and soffitt vents, new plywood, and 30-year shingles in a color the Mrs. (of course, heh ...) picked out.

5 comments:

Gordon said...

You're young. Get the 50-year shingles. My roofer and friend Bentley recommended I do that so I did.

I had my roof done a coupla years back. The most exciting part is the tear-off. Them Meskins did it so fast I couldn't believe it. Rolled it up like a rug and threw it on a truck.

My plywood was OK. That's a big expense. The ridge vent is a recent development and I got one too.

Easiest home repair there is - you just write a (sob) check...

Fixer said...

Dude, I don't plan on being here in 10 years (Dad-in-law would be over 100 and we're only hanging around as long as he does). As long as it still looks good when I hang the "For Sale" sign on it, I'm happy,

Gordon said...

I figured putting in the garden had something to do with that too.

The 50-year roof here is because of the severe weather. The shingles themselves might last 50 years, but the roof won't.

Fixer said...

Nah, the garden was just to make the Mrs. happy. She'd always wanted a pretty garden and now I had the time to do it. When I was busting my ass in the shop, I sure as hell wouldn't want to spend every weekend in the garden.

... the roof won't.

Same thing here, but where I'm figuring yours goes because of the constant snow loading, ours is the moisture being on an island. Rot is a big problem with the plywood. Many a time, people are forced to do a roof here because the sheathing rots out from under the shingles.

Fixer said...

Besides, I'm gonna have to give this house away anyhow. With all of the "personalization" we've done in here, it has very little "mainstream" appeal. Unless I found the perfect owner, a childless couple who like to cook and own dogs, I'm gonna have to adjust the price downward in order for it to sell in a reasonable amount of time.