apparently the bad hail storm we received on easter was enough to total my roof. we have no leaks yet so it wasn't pertinent to get it done ASAP. as a matter of fact, i didn't even have anyone come look at the roof until about 2-3 wks later. a guy just came up & asked if i wanted a free estimate, sure why not! :) i was shocked it was totaled! so i know it's corny to blog about this but i always think, 'why didn't i take pics so i could see before & after stuff', it's too late by that time so i remembered to take pics last night as soon as i got home. as of this am we did have a light grey/whitish roof but this time we are going with a dark grey roof, it's going to be so pretty! our house is white vinyl siding with ugly hunter green shutters, i may see if we can have them paint them while they are working on the house. the hunter green is just not appealing to me, hey, maybe i will get wild & make them red! so anywho, we are getting new gutters, a new way to have air flow in the roof without those ugly turbines, again it's all MAGIG to me! i just can't wait to see the finished product. we are also going to get the rails painted as they are 'vintage' looking with all that rust. :) the gutters, i believe will be seamless so you will only notice they are gone & we will have new downspouts.
so without further ado, here is the house before...
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| just the front total, all that bush going on is going to get trimmed, you can't see our mickey mouse ears in the pic but we have 2 dish satellites on each corner of the house & it's such an eye sore! the guy that originally put them up had no idea how to do it right & make it look good. he even used the light clips to hold up the cable! really?!? so that's coming down too. |
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| see all the chipped paint on the railing? so vintage! ;) |
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| you can see the downspout doesn't even connect & all the dirt is getting power washed! |
so this is what it looked like when i left for work this am, precisely 7:38am, i only know because it labeled it with the time. :) they got to the house before 6:30am & started making a ruckus. i was already up, due to my stupid living room light, which is a totally other story! it did wake up jason though so his sleepy head came down the hall & sat down with me in the living room while i finished some more of the callie blanket, almost done, should have it all finished tonight! :)
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| look at that pile of shingles, i went to the back to check on the pool filter & it didn't even look like a lot had been done but boy, that's A LOT of noise! |
i feel like i need to take the roofers a snack or cool drink but i know they probably like to stay away from sugary drinks & drink mainly water. i complain about the hot-ass heat all the time but i can't even imagine what it's like on a hot-stinkin'-ass roof all DAMN day long! geez these guys do not get paid enough!!! should i bring them a snack when i go for lunch or come home tonight?
