That roof over our heads


In recent weeks, we’ve had quite a bit of windy weather.  Windy isn’t out of the norm for us here, but the type of wind is.  It has been almost gale force at times.  So much so that we’ve lost a few shingles and had some others that are literally flapping in the breeze.  This sent the guys up on the roof to handle repairs.

This also meant that I had to get busy and arrange for estimates on replacing the roof.  This was my chance to check out the metal roof that I’ve wanted for this house.  I called up one of the places that I’ve looked at for this work.  They agreed to do an estimate for us.  Well, I had a little more sticker shock than I thought.  Rich immediately cancelled out the idea. 

For one thing, we don’t know how long we plan to stay here.  Maybe another 10 years.  I keep hoping to find a job opportunity that will take me to warmer weather.  Rich keeps hoping for Montana.  Either way, the cost of the metal roof was more than we wanted to think about.  So I contacted the guys who did our gutter and trim work back in the fall.  I had talked to them then about a new roof.  They were more than willing to come out.

On Monday, Pete came out with his samples and his estimate book.  We stood around on the deck talking about possibilities.  I was definitely holding our for some color on the roof.  No black, brown, or gray here.  I preferred red, but Rich just couldn’t picture it.  So we went with deep forest green. 

Pete got all the measurements, figured up the square footage, punched in some numbers, and wrote up an estimate.  Now that was a number we could live with.  We get a new roof and I got to add some color to the drab.  Rich is still a little worried about the green, but I think it will be wonderful. 

I filled out the paperwork for the building permit and went up to the village hall to talk to the building inspector for the village.  Ray seemed all right with the papers and we should have our permit this weekend.  Pete is planning to start work at the end of next week.  At least Rich and Rick won’t be up on the roof trying to glue down shingles for a long time to come.

While I had Pete in the house, I took him to that horrible little pink, white, and gold bathroom across from Rick’s room.  We talked possibilities.  I just wasn’t hearing everything I wanted though.  I guess we’ll have to work up to the remodel of that room.  I have some thoughts on what Pete would do and I can take them to my magic drawing board in Pinterest and work on them.

For now, it ‘s just a roof. A deep forest green roof!  Pictures to follow.


One response to “That roof over our heads”

  1. Yeah the metal roof is quite a bit more but we figured it would be a good selling point as well. I was wondering about your bathroom pins, it will be exciting to redo the other bathroom.