As you may recall, our roof was damaged during that horrible wind storm a few years back. We hired a roofing company to repair it, and they informed us that the whole thing really needed to be replaced – not because of the wind damage but because it was just that old. Most roofs only last 20 years or so, and our roof was much older than that. So, we began the process of gathering quotes and saving up some money.
The first thing we learned was that there is a lot of acreage up there. Our house is quite large, roughly 4,000 square feet of living space. This means there is at least 6,000 square feet of roofing material = that’s well over double most residential roofs. Our initial estimate of costs had to be doubled and then some – which meant that our dream of getting solar panels had to be shelved for a later date. We just can’t afford them.
But we finally nailed down (pun intended) a roofing company we liked and set a date for the construction to begin. Topp Roofing & Construction were great: very professional, they did exactly what they said they would do, they kept the yard clean and went out of their way to protect our flowers, and even put up gracefully with Mother, who spent all her time out there supervising them. They even swept the yard with a big magnet afterwards to make sure there were no nails left behind.
The job took a bit longer than expected, and it was exceedingly loud in my “office” the whole time they were up there, pounding away. But they did such a good job and our roof is so pretty now!
We still need to get the rain gutters replaced, though – that won’t happen until mid-August.
Glad to read it all went well!
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