Not a good past couple of days for me..... Sat. my neighbor backed into my car. It only minor and she is going to pay for it but its still a hassle... Then today I come home to find that my roof is leaking.... Ugh!!!! I have had a few estimate a couple months back b/c my roof is 15yrs old and original and the quotes ranged from 8K to 11k..... Ahhh the joys of owning a home. All this come 2 month after I replaced my A/C unit.
Sorry to rant guys, but I do feel a little better. Not sure if its from this or the beers I have been throwin' back...
Sorry to hear that Snelly - Hang in there!
Any chance of you having hail (or wind) damage from a storm or two over the past couple of years? I had a water stain appear last year and thought WT?. Mowing the yard on a Friday off I had a guy walk up passing out fliers for his roofing company. He walked back to his truck and got his ladder and inspected my roof. Hail damage! And it cost me my deductable and any upgrades I went for. Maybe $900-$1200. Good luck!
snelly, i can be sympathetic to the troubles you are having, and am sorry to hear of your troubles, 21 months ago, early December of 2008 due to a construction mis- hap that broke the slab of my home and destroyed it as well as making the surrounding ground to unstable to rebuild. so i lost my home and land, the city did step in and tole me to go out and find a new home end of December.
mid January made an offer on a short sale home that took me and my family 6 months to get into, when we finally started the move and got pods over here, one was broken in to ,,, and our next door neighbor also backed into our car taking out the ac and denting the radiator.
long story short been there done that and you will get through it,,, just like me and my family did
Wow, I was feeling pretty bummed because I found ants in my basement. Sorry to hear that.
Snelly, I'm with FLBR - just hang in there. I don't want to depress you with my problems.
Did you ever notice that critical equipment only fails on Sundays or legal holidays ??? :-\
Snelly, have you had a hail storm in the past year or so? Always a good way to get the roof replaced.
1977. Houston, Texas. Got robbed at knife point. Guns sound scarier than knives, but when you've been robbed by both... You know which one is most terrifying. And, it ain't the gun. Had enough gas to get to Surfside, TX, with some fumes left over. You don't head in any particular direction when you can't think at all; you just roll. Sometimes, you just park at a beach, and make yourself at home, because it is home. They have mosquitoes down there. It really doesn't matter how hard you're sweating; it ain't worth cracking a window; little devils fly in mobs, and they will eat you alive. They have no more sense of decency than a Houston thug.
Then, as if God himself placed them there, you see folks that need your help. So, you help them. Somehow, this makes you forget the pain of being very, very hungry and how very, very empty your pockets are, and how very, very far away from home you are. Anyhow, I knew that guy, and he swore to me that it ain't never as bad at it seems. But, then again, he was an idiot.
Hope this random verbage brightens your day. ;D
Awrighten.
Thanks for the words of encouragement guys. As for hail, we are not know for to many hail storms here in Florida. Just hoping a hurricane (small one) will come this way and blow some shingles off...
Beef- Glad things are looking up for you. Man you must have been stressed out for a while...
Flip on the Bat signal......... I'm coming! ;D
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Quote from: SnellySmokesEm on August 24, 2010, 06:49:36 AM
Thanks for the words of encouragement guys. As for hail, we are not know for to many hail storms here in Florida. Just hoping a hurricane (small one) will come this way and blow some shingles off...
You really may have gotten hail damage. I live in Boynton Beach and a few months ago we got a hail storm. It hailed so hard the sidewalk was covered with 1/4 stones. This far south it is rare that we get hail but if conditions are right we do get it. I don't think it would hurt any to contact a roofer and ask him to inspect for hail damage. You never know what he will come up with.
Shhhhhhhhhhh on those hurricanes. Of all of the hurricanes that I have been thru why is it the eye comes over at night. Never could figure that out. Dealing with a frantic wife during the storm is something that every man should have to experience. :o
Quote from: Sailor on August 24, 2010, 10:57:06 AM
Quote from: SnellySmokesEm on August 24, 2010, 06:49:36 AM
Thanks for the words of encouragement guys. As for hail, we are not know for to many hail storms here in Florida. Just hoping a hurricane (small one) will come this way and blow some shingles off...
You really may have gotten hail damage. I live in Boynton Beach and a few months ago we got a hail storm. It hailed so hard the sidewalk was covered with 1/4 stones. This far south it is rare that we get hail but if conditions are right we do get it. I don't think it would hurt any to contact a roofer and ask him to inspect for hail damage. You never know what he will come up with.
Shhhhhhhhhhh on those hurricanes. Of all of the hurricanes that I have been thru why is it the eye comes over at night. Never could figure that out. Dealing with a frantic wife during the storm is something that every man should have to experience. :o
Or 4 kids when the wind picks up and they hear tornado warning on the tv and our town is mentioned
Snelly, yes I was along with my family, im sure you are stressed as well. take one day at a time and you will make it through , just like me and my family, and as you see a lot of people here do care
Chin up snelly.
I used to rant all the time about the littest things that were to me, big things.
Then I got asked to teach a guy how to shoot an airgun. Sure I said. Well he showed up in a handicap van that he drove with a joystick and was a 'quad'(those were his words not mine). He even had his girlfriend with him. She had Polio and could barely walk. He could not cock the airgun so she did it for him. Then I would lay it across a make shift bench I whipped up that would attach to his wheelchair. I would get the airgun aimed pretty close for him and then help him get close to it so he could pull the trigger. He had to use his thumb hooked into the trigger guard and actually pull using his bicep since that was the only muscle he had much control of.
He shot for hours and had a great time jacking with me for being so completely ignorant of people with handicaps. It was fun hanging around him and he was past the stage of being depressed.
The next week he brought several of his friends with him and they were all in various stages of mentality. Turns out he was a mentor to them to help them cope with the disability.
He told me after a few weeks that he would probably not be able to visit too much longer. His words again(ones I will never forget) "Us quads have continuing problems with our bladder and backside so I expect to be in a hospital before too long and may not make it out. Thank you for making my time here fun!"
I'm not bothered by much anymore.
Nice story Ron. Many of us think we have it bad but all one has to do is look around.
Quote from: ronbeaux on August 24, 2010, 03:27:23 PM
I'm not bothered by much anymore.
I reckon you're
on to something.
If ya can,
bottle it.Awrighten.
When I have times like that I rememeber a sign at a church. I saw it shortly after the Northridge CA earthquake in "94. I was feeling down due to the extensive damage to my home and the loss of most of anything breakable that we had owned. It was on one of those signs you see in front of many churches that usually has a thoughtful saying on it. All it said was "Thank God for what you have left.". It got me thinking that while I lost a lot, I still had a lot more left than some people. From then on when things go bad I try to look at things from that angle - what I still have, not what I may have lost. Usually works for me.
Thanks guy for all the support. Batman of BBQ came over yesterday and we spent about to hours trying to locate the leak. Everything looked normal for a 15yr old roof. We are hopefull it was just a rare thing because of all the rain we have had here this week. But only time will tell.... Thanks again guys. And thanks for coming by to help Batman.
Great stories! Very inspirational.
Snelly - I had something similar happen when the remnants of Wilma (I think?) rolled over Illinois as a sub-subtropical storm...
Rain found it's way in where my garage roof is attached to the rest of the house. Ran down the inside of the garage wall and made a small mess. Fortunately, it stayed away from the drywall in the inside.
Hey Snelly... Just something to check...
Do you have any of those NEOPRENE boots? The ones that go over plumbing vents in your roof?...
Over time, the edges crack, and in a strong rain, more water than you might think can get in around them.
If so, smear some "black goo" around them.
Snelley, Glad ya'll looked for leaks before pulling the trigger on a new roof. After 32 years in the construction business, you get your fill of chasing down leaks. 15 years isn't old for a shingle roof. Most leaks in a shingle roof are usually in a valley or somewhere flashing is. Shingle roof installers quite often can't even spell flashing much less install it correctly. Unless, you have some physical damage to the middle of a roof (i.e. a limb fell and poked a hole through a shingle) - there's not likely gonna be a leak there. Also look out for condensation. We've lived in our house for almost 30 years and have never had condensation on the ceiling until this year. We have a metal ceiling in the den, and had condensation dripping from it. We've had a very wet, very humid, and hot summer for Nashvegas, and it turned out the thermostat for the power vent had somehow been turned up and was not venting the attic as well as it should. Turned it down and it solved the problem.
Don't even get me started on the Hail damage scams!
Quote from: hal4uk on August 25, 2010, 07:19:21 PM
Hey Snelly... Just something to check...
Do you have any of those NEOPRENE boots? The ones that go over plumbing vents in your roof?...
Over time, the edges crack, and in a strong rain, more water than you might think can get in around them.
If so, smear some "black goo" around them.
The boots on my roof are tin and we did check them. They looked good. I still have the tarp on the roof and I am going to keep it on until after Labor day when I get back in town. The spot has dried and no new leaks detected. So either we have covered the leak or it was just a freak thing with all the rain we have had...
Quote from: Caneyscud on August 30, 2010, 06:53:45 AM
Snelley, Glad ya'll looked for leaks before pulling the trigger on a new roof. After 32 years in the construction business, you get your fill of chasing down leaks. 15 years isn't old for a shingle roof. Most leaks in a shingle roof are usually in a valley or somewhere flashing is. Shingle roof installers quite often can't even spell flashing much less install it correctly. Unless, you have some physical damage to the middle of a roof (i.e. a limb fell and poked a hole through a shingle) - there's not likely gonna be a leak there. Also look out for condensation. We've lived in our house for almost 30 years and have never had condensation on the ceiling until this year. We have a metal ceiling in the den, and had condensation dripping from it. We've had a very wet, very humid, and hot summer for Nashvegas, and it turned out the thermostat for the power vent had somehow been turned up and was not venting the attic as well as it should. Turned it down and it solved the problem.
Don't even get me started on the Hail damage scams!
We checked the attic for condensation leak and didnt see any. There's not much room to move around up there but I did check the ac line and it is wrapped and doesn't run over the part of the roof that leaked...
Again guys thanks for all advice and well wishes. Things have gotten better somewhat with my wife and I's birthday's and we are taking a mini-vacation down to my family's beach condo for a LONG Labor day weekend. The truck will be fixed today so slowly but surely we are heading in the right direction. Now if it would just stop raining enough so we can get our softball season started. 3 rain outs in a row...
Living in a coastal storm area (Hal -- Surfside is our local beach area, I live about 15 miles away), I've seen water leaks from a perfectly good roof due to wind blown water. It's amazing where it can get to.
One thing to watch and look for is a water trail above where you see drips. A lot of roof leaks appear well away from the source area where the water is coming in. A leak will occur and before you see any drips it might follow a rafter or truss running downhill for quite a ways before dripping off. The run can even be between the dimensional lumber and the decking, then drop to the lower side of the dimensional piece and continue to run before finally falling off as a drip. Look for evidence of water stains on dimensional pieces and then look uphill for the origin.
Hang in there Snelly, I know it's a major pain and a drain, but let's all hope that the worst you will face for the foreseeable suture.
Come to think of it, Snelly, we had a sideways snow up here a few years ago...
Managed to get in Squirt's attic, melted down the wall and made a heckuva mess.
It's snowed plenty since then, and I don't think he's had another problem.
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Is Surfside all developed now?
I don't remember much but a place called the Riptide Inn...
Hal, Surfside is a real community now, as TX coastal communities go. It's not what I would call relay developed, but they do have mayor, etc. It's gets built up and then about every ten years or so gets a good cleaning by a major storm. Ike did a pretty solid number on Surfside. The older houses got cleaned out, those built to newer standards survived. It's mostly a weekend beach community, barefoot and T-shirts kind of place. Oh, and they still have all the mosquitoes.