Things are starting to get back to normal. Everyone is back at work and/or school. I’ve started working on things around the house (as opposed to cutting up fallen trees and limbs).
I started removing the deck off the roof of the garage. On of the large oaks we had landed on the garage and my work van. The garage is tore up pretty bad, about 1/3 of the roof was crushed and the front of the garage is leaning to the west.
I hope I can straighten it out by taking of the roof and facial boards, and then put it all back together. The insurance is not enough to pay someone to do it, and even if it were it would take months just to be able to get a crew to do it.
The damage in the house will have to wait for me to finish in the garage. I will need to put down new floors and replace a ceiling (sheetrock) and some walls in several rooms. Lisa and I were already planning to renovate the kitchen (one place where we got some damage) so I will do all this inside work at one time.
I am going to hire someone to re-roof (shingle) the house and garage. I’ve been trying to get someone to come out and look at it and give me a bid. I’ve called a number of contractors and have only gotten one of them to come by. He was out of the ball park with his estimate. He quoted me $300 a square (mega price gauging). I have a 12 on 12 pitch so I will have to pay extra, but that is ridicules.
I broke down and bought a new truck to replace the old van the tree landed on. I looked at several used vehicles and decided to get the bottom line new Dodge. This is my first ever official new vehicle and I’m only 45 years old. (My wife has had several new ones, but that doesn’t count.)
I’ve decided that I don’t like hurricanes. Rita has torn this place up. It has been six weeks since the storm and we have a very, very long way to go to get this place cleaned up and looking good again. Even with our damages we are blessed to be able to live in our own house and we still have jobs. That’s better than many of the people around us.
Coram Deo,
Kenith
Ps. I have lots of work to do so my posting will continue to be slow for a while.
no greater agony
Il y a 10 ans
2 commentaires:
K,
I'm surprised by your use of the term "price gouging". I thought you knew better.
D
Yes. You are correct; I know better.
He will not get much (if any) work for that price. There are too many roofers in town and even though the demand for them has gone up (along with the price) so has the supply of roofers.
The going rate right now is about $180 a square over here in Hurricane Rita land. The free market is working fine there is no way the local Roofers could keep up with supply and the higher price has brought in an army of workers and contractors to do the work.
I bow to your correction and wisdom.
Coram Deo,
Kenith
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