For the most part, the old roof has been ripped off and we’re looking to start laying down the new roofing on Thursday.
Several lessons learned so far in getting the roof replaced:
- all contractors have different prices, shop around
- drought is bad for roofers (and for that matter gravel driveway repair folks)
- having your roof torn off is LOUD. Between the guys tearing shingles off to the dogs barking like crazy, I had a splitting headache when I stayed home
- metal ridge vent covers from 20 years ago suck
- the leak we had in the den actually had its own pool of standing water under the ridge vent cover
Looks like it’s going to rain tonight. Hopefully we won’t be learning the lesson about the maximum wind speed that roofing underlayment can take before blowing off.