We realized a bit before Irma that some of the "might be old water damage" indicated on our home inspection was really "ongoing water damage". I did know about some siding damage and that is on my list to fix - was trying to hold off until it cooled a bit. My thinking was that it has been there for some time so a couple more months.. anyways.. probably will make sure I stick to the priorities instead of letting other things bubble to the top of the todo list going forward.
After about 6 or so roof quotes we decided on a company. We decided to replace instead of patch - it just doesn't make sense to spend a substantial sum to patch just to replace in maybe 10 years. We are waiting on a home equity line of credit (HELOC) though. It would have been ready by now if not for Irma - can't image why a bank would want to do an appraisal after Irma before handing over money? Anyways, it appears they just did a drive-by to make sure the house was standing without any tree sticking out of it and it wasn't wrapped like a fairy tale moat.
So we should be able to give a date for the roofers soon. I'll have to find the name of a guy that came out a while back regarding our "dryer vent" issue - seemed ok so I'll see if his company can fix up the siding. My whole family seems to think I shouldn't try dealing with the siding (upper portion of gable) nor roofing myself. Part of me REALLY doesn't want to admit how hard some things are on my back and knees. Hoping to get out of the "exercise through home projects" state and back into the exercises that actually do strengthen the back.
Hoping that getting through the roof, siding and hopefully finishing the master bath remodel will make it feel "worthwhile". Ok, so there are a few other semi-related projects floating around that I have to complete as part of that (like getting the old ceiling fan off the floor in the master bedroom and getting the new one with lights installed). I guess installing the new light switches will make things more complete.. I don't think my wife is buying the "but honey, I just like the open look of the light switches and the retro wiring".
[2017/10] Roof is fixed! Big load off my mind. I still have some work to do on the chimney though. I'm seriously considering Hardie Board even though vinyl siding wouldn't need painting. I still feel that the vinyl is too likely to loosen and blow off without being noticed.
[2017/11] Have some siding companies coming out to give quotes. Just need gable areas done - T1-11 siding there is rotted, swollen and falling off. I would prefer Hardie Board here but will likely do a quality vinyl. Had planned to do it myself but am going to try and save my back and that of my overly eager father (gotta love him but .. ).
What we both do like is how the bathroom is turning out though - with a bulk of work by my mom and dad. I'm completing a good amount of it but my dad did much and showed me how to do "rag rolling" painting and work with tile which I had not done before this. There isn't much I can do to repay them for all they have done.
The main work remaining is the grout. We picked up some and I am going to take some scrap tile and do a small test to make sure we like the color before I do the whole floor. We really liked one of the grouts where we got the tile but it only comes in the sanded variety and we have some pretty small grout lines in places which are better suited to unsanded grout.
I've spent an awful amount of time on the floor and even laying across the toilet (yes - lid down). It is almost funny the shape of the bruise that caused. I had to tell my wife that in that whole bathroom - there are only 4 full size tiles that didn't get cut and those are the 4 in front of the toilet. I did have to laugh a bit at that - just seems a bit "wrong". Hopefully just one day of grouting and then a half day of mouldings - once we find the mouldings we want.
The theme in this post is "hope" and the happiness expected at the end if one endures the unpleasantness. Ok, so I crafted the theme from a different book (want to make a guess) and took liberty in its use - similar to some news organizations and most movies based upon books.
Hope you enjoyed this post.
Scott
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