When we first purchased the house, my spouse plus I were aware that the roof was reaching the end of its lifespan.
- My friend and I had hopes of replacing it within a year or two.
However, a long list of apartment repairs plus renovations took precedence. The water furnace burst plus flooded the basement. A corroded pipe leaked plus caused water harm to the ceiling in the bedroom. My friend and I updated most of the major appliances, added gutters to the exterior plus tore out the old shag carpeting, eventually, we needed to run around with buckets to catch the drips during every major rainstorm. The following afternoon, we’d find stray shingles in the grass. My friend and I knew the leaking roof was going to lead to major structural harm if not repaired. Because so more than 2 layers of roofs had been added over the years, it was necessary to tear everything down to the bare studs. My friend and I hired a roofing supplier who completed the project during the month of June. It wasn’t possible to run the cooling system. The outside temperature constantly climbed into the high eighties. The apartment felt overheated plus there were troubles with dust, debris plus bugs. When the roofing supplier finally packed up plus left, I figured the cooling system would take a full afternoon to lower the indoor temperature. I was surprised when every room felt perfectly comfortable within a couple of hours. The current roof has undoubtedly tightened up the thermal envelope plus improved the efficiency of the home. Over the course of the following winter, I noticed a significant difference in the performance of the boiler. The money we’re saving on our bi-weekly energy bills is going to help to spend money for the cost of the current roof.