Getting a New Roof FINALLY!

After years and years of putting it off, Ron and I finally bit the bullet this past weekend and hired a roofing company to replace our roof.  Although we have known for years that we were in dire need of a new roof, we never managed to save up enough money before we spent it on another major purchase in our lives.  But thanks to the pandemic this year, a few things happened that allowed us to save enough money sooner than we had planned (a cancelled trip to Hawaii, an extra stimulus check from the government, and not spending as much money on a monthly basis).  After we had a pretty bad rain and wind storm a few weeks ago, the rotten and broken shingles blew off of our roof like confetti all over our yard.  After I had the pleasure of picking up all of these shingle pieces in our front and backyard, I decided that it was time to finally make this a priority.  So, while homeschooling last week, I started the daunting task of calling several roofing companies and scheduling a time when they each could come over to look at our roof and write up an estimate.  After the fifth and final bid came in last Tuesday night, I placed a few phone calls and texts and hired a company this last Friday that was surprisingly available to start the very next day!  Within an hour, a giant dumpster was delivered to our driveway and the entire crew of roofers were waiting in front of our house this Saturday (Halloween) morning before 8 o'clock.  I couldn't believe how fast it all happened!  We were blessed with sunny and dry weather all Saturday and Sunday while they ripped off our old roof and put down the new, felt paper everywhere.  Although the crew waited for FOUR hours for the new shingles to arrive today (yes, I was going crazy waiting inside my house for this delivery as I hate wasted time--especially on the last sunny day for the next several days), the delivery finally came around 11:45 this morning.  The kids and I were all blown away by the elaborate and complicated system that was used to deliver the shingles to the top of our roof on a conveyor belt.  It was quite amazing to watch--especially for Emmett!  As the bundles of shingles hit our roof, the roofers immediately started nailing them down.  By the time they packed up this evening, the entire backside and a portion of the frontside of our roof was done.  And although I had really hoped for the entire project to be completed in dry weather, the crew will finish tomorrow by lunch time even though heavy rainfall is predicted.  Oh well.  At least we were able to get it done before the thick of the wet, winter weather hits which is a blessing as our roof was truly on its last leg!