The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire
OK, so the title of this post is a little misleading. Perhaps "in danger of falling down" would be a better term, because seriously, WHAT MORE COULD BE WRONG WITH THIS SUCKING MONEY PIT I CALL MY HOME?
We saw a few water spots in the ceiling of Jack's room over the last couple months. Which looks a lot worse in print than it does in real life. There weren't any actual drips, just light brown spots. It started as one, and now there are four distinct spots. So we asked our contractor to have a roofer come over and fix it.
The original thought was it was some bad flashing around the chimney because the shingles were in great shape.
The roofer took one look at it and pronounced the shingles were indeed in great shape. But the boards underneath were warped and rotting and we have no water or ice barrier underneath. So a complete tearoff is the verdict, with repairs to the plywood sheets and rafters.
Let me remind everyone once again, we've owned the house three years. Three years ago, when we bought this place, our inspector said the roof was in great shape. Oh really?
Looking at the bright side, we now have identified major problems with both the foundation and the roof. There's not much left outside of that, so I guess all the surprises are over.
We saw a few water spots in the ceiling of Jack's room over the last couple months. Which looks a lot worse in print than it does in real life. There weren't any actual drips, just light brown spots. It started as one, and now there are four distinct spots. So we asked our contractor to have a roofer come over and fix it.
The original thought was it was some bad flashing around the chimney because the shingles were in great shape.
The roofer took one look at it and pronounced the shingles were indeed in great shape. But the boards underneath were warped and rotting and we have no water or ice barrier underneath. So a complete tearoff is the verdict, with repairs to the plywood sheets and rafters.
Let me remind everyone once again, we've owned the house three years. Three years ago, when we bought this place, our inspector said the roof was in great shape. Oh really?
Looking at the bright side, we now have identified major problems with both the foundation and the roof. There's not much left outside of that, so I guess all the surprises are over.
Labels: Remodeling
posted by Amy at
9:06 PM
4 Comments:
There's always the walls... Sorry. Forget I said that.
Hey, you'll have a brand new house when you're done!
Once again, you are my interent twin; we thought we needed someone to fix some minor cosmetic foibles w/ our house before we were able to rent it.
We've ended up with an entirely remodeled bathroom and a new inner back wall on almost the whole place.
We were also told that the people who installed the "new" windows right before putting the place on the market last time had them installed incorrectly and that's what was causing all of our wall-related water damage.
We'll need to reseal every single window in the place before we can sell it again. Thanks for doing such a good job 3 years ago, Mr. Home Inspection Man!
Good times.
if it makes you feel any better, my inlaws have some leak in their roof that drips on their bed. And they've spent like $5k at this point and no one is any closer to finding out what's causing the leak--the flashing has been replaced, the shingles have been replaced, even the skylight has been replaced...all that's left is replacing the whole roof.
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