Jinxed????

Four weeks after door repair, ceiling repair, I opened a letter on June 15th and BAM! out of nowhere.

Dear Homeowner, as of 9/9/2022 we will not renew your homeowner's policy.

We found in a digital survey your roof is over 15 years old and will need to be replaced or a inspection stating your roof is good for another five years, and we will at that time reconsider renewal.

that was the JINX that kept the ball rolling.

The storm came, the limb fell out of the dead tree on to the roof,

I called Monster Tree, to remove it. Tyler the tree guy warned me we needed a roof inspection, it felt spongy. Tree was removed

Phone rang and Bob's son who lives in a nursing home was in the hospital, there for 4 days resulting in many phone calls, I am the contact person.

The Red Dog appeared,

The deal was struck for a new roof, the money paid, the time set. 

They delivered dumpster early, 3 days before commencement of roof. blocks garage door.

Monday came, roofers were late, took a 3-hour Siesta, Monsoon came at 3. they left.

Next day only one roofer showed up, I had a hissy, 2nd one came at noon, and we found he had personal problems to handle

I was told a truck broke down, 1 crew called out, not enough workers, 

yada yada

I felt 

Bob has a 64-year-old son, that has been in a nursing home for 43 years. I received a call from the doctor telling me we need to put Robby on Hospice Care, they want to change him to a new HMO that will allow in house doctor in the nursing home, to treat and Hospice to come in and care for him. 

We discuss, and we make decisions, I talk to Medicaid/Medicare/doctors/nurses/nursing home etc

all while the bamm bamm in on the roof.

Stress and the constant ad on TV causes me to want Pizza.

I have none

the more stress I feel the more I want someone to

I am not supposed to eat pizza or spaghetti, but I have Spaghetti. In The House.

I make the sauce, simmer all morning.

I boil the water for the pasta at noon, dump the box of pasta in and the thing is 

full of those little black bugs. It has been in the cabinet for months since I can't eat it.

I rant, rave and burst into tears, and then serve sauce on my Rice Gluten free elbow pasta. It was already cooked, so re-heated it and served.

Next day I race to Publix, buy the spaghetti pasta, come home and cook it for Bob and by then have decided I will eat my IBS pasta and play it safe. Forgot we ate it the day before.

While all this is going on, the roofers are roofing, the phone is ringing, and the 2nd inspector comes and says there is no affidavit in the bag hanging on my door with the permit.

I say to him, it was there, I took it out and read it. The other inspector came and took that part and left this part. He says He did not SIGN he took it. I say in sugar sweet southern talk.

I AM TELLING YOU HE TOOK IT. I saw him do it.

He signs off and says Well if he doesn't have it, I will be back.

He did not have to come back; the whole thing is over and done and now I am dealing with two insurance companies and a wind mitigator investigator who is coming Wed the 10th to do an inspection to give me the report the insurance needs.

Get this! all this and they MIGHT NOT RENEW ANYWAY.

I emailed the Permit that we had a new roof to someone named Gabby and it's been 24 hours and I have no idea if she got it or if it is out in the Cyber world Lost.

Another Thing!

ITS ALSO HURRICANE SEASON!

 So, What's NEXT, Jinx???

I am typing this Thursday AM and as soon as I finish, we are going OUT FOR PIZZA!

Take that Jinx!

Two Hours Later!

We are home, I ate Pizza and await the ATTACK of IBS but at least I chose this one.

I came in here to publish this, and I found an email

From Gabby and she had emailed the permit to Progressive, and I also got the email

Stating

YOUR POLICY HAS BEEN REINSTATED!

YAY! Now I await the info on HOW MUCH WE WILL OWE!

But Wait, It's NOT over!  

Under the reinstated part, it said Credits will not be applied until we received the wind mitigation report.

Am I still

Will the investigator get here at 9? Will he/she get it done in time? Will the investigator have personal problems to attend and not show up?

Will the report get here before Sept 9th? Will a hurricane come? Will it blow off the New Roof?

Will it blow it off before 9/9? 

Will I survive? Will I thrive?

Hot Diggity Dog

 

Monday, AM I woke Up Happy! The roof was on. I called the number on the dumpster and asked when they would pick it up because my husband has been without his truck for 10 days!

They laughed, yes, They, a man and a woman on speaker phone.

Lady said, we just got the request 5 minutes ago and will be there in 30 minutes.

I did not let the fact Simon did not report it Friday at 3 when done, or the fact they pickup on Saturday, stifle my joy!

It was 40 minutes, but who cares, and

it rolled out the driveway at 9 AM.

Roof is new, Dumpster Gone and Driveway is Clear, Truck and Kia are washed and put back inside, and I can see my flowers and get to the mailbox without hiking around the dumpster.

The Last Day for Red Dog

Above On Day 3 before the Big Storm came, this is what the house looked like/ those are new boards he was adding after removing the old rotted ones. Below is the corner when he started and the after

On the last day of Roofing Adventure, Simon backed the truck in, climbed in the back of the pickup and stepped up on the roof.

You cant see how handsome he is, and some of you wanted to see the roof, this is as good as it gets, the roof is not flat, but this is all I can see with out standing in the back of the truck. 

I stood talking to him and he said they are done. 

He left and the roofers rolled up the giant tarp they used on stormy days. 

NOTE! the storms left and have not been seen since the day before they complete the roof

 

roof from the back yard

This was Saturday morning, nothing left to do except the dumpster to be picked up on Monday, which means bob's Truck is still trapped behind it and has been for 9 days. He is Not Happy

The roof line in the palm and all the way accross on the bottom, was replaced with a new rafter and we can't even tell they did it. the Man on bottom right of collage above did all the rotted wood replacement, 10 sheets of plywood and 2 rafters on front, and a few pieces of rafters under the plywood. I watched him do it with my own eyes. He is a master craftsman

The extra work that was not on the quote for the roof was only $1238 for material and labor. 

A Fair Price.

Almost Done with the Reporting Guys

My Window to The World

 

It is Friday, July 28, Day Five sitting in front of My Window To the World of Roofing. As I type this, it is 8:30 and a Red Dog Truck with a stranger in it has been sitting in the driveway for 20 minutes, with motor running.

My Swivel chair, may have to be replaced because for 4 day I have either sat in the chair, turning this way and that, or crouched or stooped or on tiptoes at one end of the window, watching the men on the roof.

Each window in the house, all 8 of them, I can see part of the roof and have been up and down and moving from window to window, WATCHING the world through Windows.

I have stepped in and out of all three doors, dozens of times each day. sometimes to check what the roofers are doing, sometimes to talk to whom ever appears in the yard, I have now met Seven Different Red Dog Employees.

Day four, they completed all the trim and repairs and shingled half of the roof, and said the city inspector would be buy Friday morning and AFTER he shows up they will complete the shingles on the other half.

CAN YOU SAY FRET????

Will he come early or late, will it rain, will the roofers show up quickly, will we have to go through the week end waiting? will the dumpster spend the week end blocking the garage? WILL IT EVER END?

and the last and larges of FRETS

How Much More will they add to the staggering quote at the beginning?

Will there be enough to cover it? Will I survive the Writing of the Third Check?

It is now 8:38 and the man in the driveway just pulled out into the road and Backed the truck in, he was facing my window when he came at 8:15. He is still sitting in the truck! Faithful Beau is sitting here helping me watch the truck.

He is aware the noise cometh when the trucks cometh!

While we wait, have you wondered if the men knew I was watching?

OF COURSE they did,

their clues were, if sitting in the truck I went our with cups of watermelon.

As they started the truck to go to lunch, I leaned out the window and pointed to the top of the truck where they had left something on the roof.

 two roofer guys that have done all the work, have pulled in at 8:47.

There are now Two Trucks in the drive and NO inspector.

This has been my life for four days! 

My Window on the World.

Yesterday the Handsome Project Manager told me if the permit was not on the door knob and the ladder not ready, the inspector would leave and fail the inspection.

When they left yesterday, I started to fret about if anyone would be here 

At bed time, Beau went poop, and I walked to the poop bag that hangs on Bob's Roof Ladder and the ladder was Gone. I raced through the house and there it was, leaning on the roof in the driveway, with the bag on the door knob.

We were ready for inspection, and I could sleep but barely because Bob was upset they used his ladder with out asking. REALLY?

They had to take their ladders with them because they were heading out to install a skylight at another house.

The Skylight was huge and I had watched from my chair, the Senior Project guy that I had complained to, dump it in our driveway and left. Yes, I went out to see what it was they might add to our bill. Yes, I texted him and said we don't need a skylight.

His text said

That is for the guys to go to another house, No Worries!

9:33 no inspector and a trip outside to talk to the waiting truck guy.

He said he asked for early inspection and out of control. He comes when he comes!

 9:57 a bearded bulldog pulls up, climbs the ladder, back down, reads permit on my front porch and 9:59 was driving off. I popped out the door and said Did we pass?

YES! Red Dog say's the guys will stay until its finished.

UNLESS the weather intervenes and if so, will come back Saturday MORNING.

I am now looking up how to do an Un-Rain Dance!

The sound of Bam Bam Bam is now ringing in my ears.

It's 1:30 pm, Simon is here and says maybe another 2 hours and they will be done.

at 3:39pm Friday, The funny, hard working Worker Bee yelled down to me when I went out to peer one more time,

waving his arms, he yelled WE ARE DONE!

I yelled YAY and clapped and clapped.

They did a super clean up including magnat pickup of nails and rolled out the driveway at 3:50 pm.

I now await the man to pick up the final check.

Red Dog Day Two

Day two!  So excited when at 7:35 AM the truck rolled in the driveway. Out jumped The Man Who Worked So Hard the day before. His work ethics are fantastic.

Yelling They are Here! He is out of the car and starting up the ladder, EARLY! No, wait, the truck is leaving. Bob said maybe breakfast. I said Let's hope he is going to get the 3rd man that did not work yesterday.

At 11:30, still ONE man on the roof.  I have Paced and Fretted myself into a tizzy that soon changes to Hissy Fit, I Called Red Dog and complained and she said the project manager will call you.

Simon called and said What's going on?

Today

 there is one man on the roof for 3 hours, yesterday there were two, men not three, you tell ME what is going on, you told me what would be done yesterday and today, and it's Not Gonna Happen with one man. 

He said I did not know he is not there; I will call him and call you back.

The answer when he called was, he had a personal problem to take care of.

Woo Boy, Hissy Fit Escalation.

I pour out everything they said they would do, and did not do and how far behind they are,

and a lot more. He mentioned the rains and I said THIS IS NOT related to Weather. In the middle of my rant I said, I don't want to talk to you, I am hanging up.

The phone rings as soon as I hang up and he says I am Donny, the Senior Project Manager, Simons Manager. How Can I help you? I start with, I am HOT, really HOT! your Salesman sat in my house for an hour, telling us what a wonderful company you are, and so far, not one thing he said is true

I go through every second of the past 29 hours and the fact there is no way the roof will be ready for the rain that is coming.

The rains come around 3 each day, this is at 2;10

He says all the calmtheoldladydowncannedspeeches that all managers use and hung up.

At noon the second guy shows up. HE SITS IN HIS TRUCK for 30 minutes. Then they are both working in the noon day heat, the man that worked 4 hours alone goes to lunch and there is still one man working. I am watching the Radar

Hard worker drives off,

I am watching out the window and I say to Bob, he just dragged all the nails from yesterday all the way around the house leaving a trail of nails to rival Hansel and Gretels breadcrumbs. I rant For Petes Sake, use the magnet first, then move it. It's full of nails! What does he think will happen. I just picked up all the ones that were there. yada yada

Bob says, with your knowledge you should be the project manager!

 The problem is: I know what they should be doing, and they don't.  Jackie says I am being a helicopter mom roofer!

At one PM there are finally Two Men On The Roof and I can rest and quit running from window to window. The Big Red Dog Truck pulls in the driveway, and it is The Senior Project Manager.

He goes to the corner where they are working, I can hear them but it's all in Spanish, but I know what he is saying. He was headed for his truck to leave, and I open the door and walk to him. 

I start with I am sorry I was ugly on the phone; I want to ask you why you just put 11 sheets of plywood on the roof and all those boards.  He said, perfect timing, walk with me, and we went into the neighbor's yard, and he pointed to the roof, and said that whole section of the roof was rotted, the boards are to replace the rafters, and to replace the plywood. I could see the rot; I could see the rotted plywood and he said the back side of the roof only needed 2 sheets; I had paid for 3 sheets. He said this is extra work and one of the reasons for the slow down. I look at the clouds and say, 1/4 of the roof is off and the rain is coming. He said do you know when? I said looks like maybe just before 3. He says they know what to do. 

I am sad because this is going to cost a LOT MORE MONEY, but happy that I saw it with my own eyes and that the tree men on the roof 3 weeks ago did not fall through the roof. The Tree Guy is the one who told me to get the roof inspected.  They could not see the damage until the roof was off.

The rotted wood is every place there was a tree shading it. The Wind Started to Blow, the sky got darker, the men on the roof were running around, I could hear every movement, they had the BAM BAM BAM thingy going like crazy, madly putting down sheet rock, I could hear the thunder and them racing he storm.  I saw the man go down the ladder and drag the blue tarp and carry it up the ladder and watched as we were soon encased in a big blue Tent. 

They were dropping heavy packs of shingles all over it to keep it on and Bob said What Are they doing. I said look out the window. The Tent is up, and they are in their truck. the wind howled and bolts came down for about an hour. They sat in the truck, I said why don't they leave?

At 4 pm they scurried up the ladder, removed the tarp and finished enough of the roof that it was safe overnight. they left at 5 and as I sit here typing this at 5:15 am, we wait to see how many shows up today.  The radar shows right now that the storms might be earlier today. We have at least today and tomorrow and maybe longer. Ov Vey! the good news is, we NEEDED this roof, and the work they are doing is excellent. The one that works so hard is a master roofer, his work is amazing. 

Red Dog Day one

Roofing Day Arrived 7/26/2022.

At 7:55 2 men sat in truck until 8:08.

For 3 blazing hot hours the two men worked like beavers. 

There were only 2 of them, one called out sick. Mondays are famous for that.

They covered the ground with black netting and AC and all things that could be harmed.

Our AC has the fan on top, and the man in the photo below and I had a few laughs while trying to communicate through our language barrier.

I was afraid it would burn the fan motor; he was saying it was netting and OK, He pointed at the canvas on our grill and shook his head no, at his netting and smiled and said Yes.

The noise was not all that bad and precious Beau was an angel. Only barked once when something hit the window while they put down netting to cover everything.

While they played the drums on the roof, another truck pulled in. And since I was hanging out the window, I met him halfway to the door. He wanted the 2nd check and Mr Tall Dark, Hansome  18 year old said he was the project manager. He held up his Ipad and verified what and when and how and we chatted like he was my Great Grand Son.  He took my 2nd check, there will be a 3rd when its done and drove away.

They worked steady for 3 hours nonstop, until 11:15 and then sat in the truck. While they sat the project manager arrived and unloaded things onto the roof, He was really tall and lifted shingles and boxes and rolls of black stuff like it was nothing.

He left. I hung out the window.

they sat for 45 minutes, drove off at 12 and back at 12:30 and sat in the truck eating chicken.

I saw all this through my window... I fretted and FRETTED.

I could see the afternoon Monsoon building to the East. Every day they come between 3 and 6.

at 1 O'clock Bob went out to get the mail and came in and said they are both asleep.

OMG! Siesta. They sat in that truck for 3 hours.

Back up on the roof 2:15, I watched the radar and FRETTED

The vent was off the peak of the roof and in the garage, I could see the hole the rain would come through. 

At 4 pm Tall Dark and Handsome came and stepped on the tail gate, onto the dumpster and stepped on the roof. Wow! I said to Bob, and he was not impressed, by now sick to death of my telling him what was happening.

I went out to the truck to see what was what, and he was said they will cover the roof, don't worry. I said I hear thunder, it's dangerous for them, he said they know when to get down.

I stood in the back yard and watched them madly rolling black tar paper over the wood they had put down. Drops started, a few, thunder rolled, I went inside because I did not want to be struck by lightning and wanted to be able to call 911 if it got them

The sky opened at 4:45 and the monsoon came, they sat in the truck for an hour and still the thunder roared. The man in the first photo, got out of the truck and started to the door and a bolt smacked the ground right in front of our house. He jumped in the truck, and they left.

I am writing this at 4 am and waiting for 

Day Two to begin, no water in the house and now it will be a 3rd day.

I hope the 3rd man comes today because Monsoons will be here in 10 to 12 hours.