What the roofer said

Martha Ferris said:
Get other estimates. Ask for prices for a reroof as well. Is there another roof under the exisiting one? Will it have to be a complete tear off or can you put another roof on top of the one that's there? I replaced my roof the year I moved in back in 2017. I was lucky that there was only a single layer and I didn't need a tear off. It cost me between $6000.00 and $6500.00 and it is a thirty year roof at which time I wll not be here. If your roof is failing it is just a matter of time before you have more problems. Here are two web sites you might find helpful: Government Grants for Roof Repair (homeadvancement.com) or this Federal Grants to Replace a Roof | Hunker There may be others.
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awww...you have come to this forum in such innocence....:sneaky: sit back with a cuppa joe, and just watch carefully as this plays out....
 
Gary O' said:
Yeah, I do believe I'm on ignore too

The place will surely need to be razed if she neglects things much longer

One can easily sink 200 grand into an old place.....she may realize that

Seeing a couple pics of the place, I'd surmise I'd be worth it..if she acts soon

But.......her tight fisted stance is gonna cost her more.....much, much, more
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well I'll go out on a limb and Copy this so Deb can read it.. I'm sure despite having you on ignore, she's heard all this before...:unsure:
 

hollydolly said:
awww...you have come to this forum in such innocence....:sneaky: sit back with a cuppa joe, and just watch carefully as this plays out....
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It probably has run it's course. About the only thing left would be some pics like when she described her kitchen ceiling collapsing would be pics of the plastic in use to deter more water damage to the walls.
 
Knight said:
Gary Deb is late 60's and not likely to buy a tarp, sealant for the edges, then rent the equipment needed to access the roof. That would cost more than $100.00 so for safety working with sweaty palms would be out. Then hiring someone is not one of her favorite things to do. She suspects repair people to be rip off artists that charge way to much. So getting some plastic to cover the inside as a solution is what she came up with.

Trying to be helpful & caring all along with her various neglected home repairs has been met with reasons for not making repairs & with similar cheap, temporary fixes that in reality are the long term fixes.

I'm pretty sure I'm on ignore since after awhile, I like others trying to offer reasonable solutions to her multitude of needed repairs I stopped sympathizing with her.

What would make sense to me would be to use the 200k she claims to have, raise the as she calls it a disaster of a home, then build a one story rancher on her cleared property.
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It seems to me that this would cost a lot more than 200K, what with the price of lumber skyrocketing.

Also there might very well be asbestos in the house, so add on for it's safe removal.

Otherwise it would be a great solution.
 
Sometimes you don't know something is going wrong right off the bat. I don't go up in the attic very much, so I wouldn't see when the problem started until I got the stains on the wallpaper.

The ball is now in the roofer's court. I AM doing something about it, but contractors can't just start working the day they come to look at a job.

The sheet of plastic is just a temporary measure to keep any rain that soaks through the roof boards from coming through the roof floor. That's until the roofer can get to work.

I was telling my aunt about it the other day and she said if it was her problem, she'd get a can of Flex Seal and spray it on.

I don't understand all these negative comments.
 
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debodun said:
Sometimes you don't know something is going wrong right off the bat.

The ball is now in the roofer's court. I AM doing something about it, but contractors can't just start working the day they come to look at a job.

The sheet of plastic is just a temporary measure until the roofer can get to work.

I don't understand all these negative comments.
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Numerous people (myself included over a year ago) have recommended that you get a home inspection to determine needed repairs.


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Don't feel bad Deb. My house needs repairs too. I have a neighbor who is pretty handy, so I can get a lot of them done on the cheap, but if my heating system springs a leak, I am going to have to pay beaucoup bucks too. It's kind of a day to day thing sometimes.
 
I do have sympathy for Deb, as a single woman trying to do what is best. Also, from photos I have seen of her house, the best thing is to call 1-800-got junk and totally clean out the inside,
The raze the place and have a new one story house built.
 
bowmore said:
I do have sympathy for Deb, as a single woman trying to do what is best. Also, from photos I have seen of her house, the best thing is to call 1-800-got junk and totally clean out the inside,
The raze the place and have a new one story house built.
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A modern one-story house would look out of place on a block of brick, 3-story, Victorian houses. ;)

Even so, sometimes repairs don't go as expected. Five years ago, I had the northeast corner of the front porch rebuilt because of rot. Now it's worse than before.

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I was telling my aunt about it the other day and she said if it was her problem, she'd get a can of Flex Seal and spray it on.
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