Lance was a professional roofer by trade before we moved to Florida. When we renovated our home, we chose not to replace the roof and have thus pushed our luck with it over the past 4 1/2 years. When our living room ceiling began to turn to mush after each tiny little drizzle, we knew we had to intervene before Hurricane Season.
Lance tackled the tear-off and replaced the underlying plywood, the chimney, the tar paper, and then re-shingled. ... all in one LONG weekend! It is so great to have a handy husband. This project would have cost us nearly $10k if we had a roofing company do it.
Thanks to our friends who came and helped out-- some staying until almost midnight one night! Brad, Jordan, Phill, Ariel, "Engine Pull" Jared, and especially Andrew-- who was Lance's right hand man.
The kids and I stayed busy feeding the workers, refilling the cooler with Gatorades and in general, staying out of the way. I was also on Bengay duty at the end of the day.
It rained yesterday and we stayed dry and the living room ceiling remained "mush-less". The new roof looks awesome. Good job, Lance!
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7 comments:
Wow! Your house looks great. Good job Lance.
Isn't it great to be married to "the handy man". Hope you are feeling well. we miss you!
Your house looks amazing. You live in a nice neighborhood, but it really puts the rest of the homes on the block to shame.
Fabulous! Bravo! Kudos to the Roofman!
Man that is a sexy roof!!
Gotta love a man who knows how to work with his hands. Way to go Lance!
Hmmmm, I need to look closer......sexy roof? It seemed pretty much covered to me! It really looks great! Love the color. Looking at those pictures gave me a flashback to the good old days when I had to extricate you from bed with the handy dandy forklift. Where did this dang hard workin' dude come from? Really proud of you. Gotta say, Lance, your little family, a bunch of great friends and Florida are good for you.
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