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Two Thoughts for Tuesday



As some of you already know, thanks to the Facebook fiend that my hubby is the new roof did go on this past week.  Now that we no longer are hearing the

BANG, BANG, POUND POUND, BANG, POUND things may get back on track around here.  OR NOT.

As a Realtor, I know a lot about roofing.  Not necessarily a fun or interesting subject, I know.  Pretty dull, as a matter of fact.  However, in the event of a hail storm that destroys thousands of homes in one ginormous swath it turns out to be helpful to know a bit about roofs.

My current frustrations with the having to put a new roof on my house is two fold.

1.   Fourteen years ago, the HOA of this neighborhood mandated that the roof HAD to be wood shake.

As the process of creating wood shingles and installing them are PRICEY, neighborhoods wanted to make sure that all the homes in the neighborhood had this expensive style of roof and there wouldn't be anyone with some crappy version of "god forbid" composition.  (say the word composition with resounding disgust in your voice).  This little by-law in all the Home Association Covenants was to keep the tacky, tacky cheapskates from desecrating the look of nice respectable neighborhoods with their low-end composition shingles. 

Then a few years later, after 1000's of subdivisions around Johnson County, Kansas had 10s of thousands of homes with wood shake roofs, the insurance industry said they wouldn't insure the roofs or if they did it would cost you up the wazoo.  Warning, Warning, Fire Hazzard!!!!

Remember the house four doors down from a previous post?
Wood shakes really make good tinder.

So, THEN we all got hit with huge surcharges and higher deductibles on our roofs.  In fact, the deductibles in some cases would pretty much have you paying for your new roof if there was a ....you guessed it...a hail storm.

As our entire neighborhood had their roofs demolished in April, the wood shake roofs are disappearing one by one.

So, no longer can the neighborhoods have rules to mandate wood shakes because... tsk tsk...they aren't safe.

Now the by-laws say....

IT HAS TO BE A HIGH DEFINITION SHINGLE TO MIMIC THE LOOK OF SHAKE AND BE WARRANTED FOR 50 YEARS OR MORE.

Oh, ppuuullllleeeezzzz...you just have to be kidding about this.   I live in Kansas.  Why in the hell do I need a 50 year or more warranty???? This roof will be cut to shreds in the next two years by hail. 

But still we picked a fiberglass shingle that "supposedly" sorta kind of resembles a wood shake roof with a lifetime warranty that will last as long as it takes for the next hail storm that throws baseball sized balls of ice onto our roof.

Warranted for Life....giggle, giggle, snort

The Good for the Day...Pounding has stopped.

The Bad for the Day..Actually for the last three days, storms have been going through.  What is the record for the shortest life span on a roof?

The Weird for the Day.....Kansas weather.



I was looking for a video about "roofs" when I happened to think about James Taylor's Up On the Roof.  Of course, that led me to also think of his song Fire and Rain.  Too bad, that song wasn't Fire, Rain and Hail.











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After the Storm

Two Thoughts for Tuesday

Two Different Perspectives








Remember a couple of weeks ago, I did a post about a hail storm that passed through Olathe,  Kansas.  The hail storm pretty much shredded the roofs of nearly every home in this town of 125,000+ people.

During the subsequent month, our town has turned into a mecca for "all that is connected to roofing and painting".  Trucks with "roofing logos" circle the neighborhoods much like vultures circling their dead prey.  Door bells are ringing nonstop with construction workers, roofers, and painters  wanting to know if the homeowners need  bids for  repairs.

My street is just one of many that has taken on the appearance of a  construction zone or ...maybe an advertising venue for construction companies. The other morning I was taking my daily walk and decided to snap some pictures.  This  collage represents just one portion of one street of one neighborhood. (my neighborhood, to be exact).  It seems odd to see all the dumpsters, trucks, ladders, pallets of shingles, and rolls of tar paper that fill the driveways and streets of our usually quiet neighborhood.

How do I feel about this?  I feel fine, actually.    This is just a minor inconvenience. A costly inconvenience but still minor in the grand scheme of things.  So over the course of the next month or so I will tolerate  the  minor little nuisances such as the process of having to deal with insurance companies and such ...oh and the noise...pound, pound, pounding noise....this isn't so bad.

It could have been a lot worse. 



Compared to this I have nothing to complain about.

Truly, I am counting my blessings that I have some home repairs to make and a roof to replace.  My sympathy goes out to all the people that have lost so much.

Thought this song had a certain tie in factor for today. Carrie is singing about a storm that knocked her to the floor.

The Good for the Day.... That there are so many kind and generous people reaching out to help those that have lost so much.


The Bad for the Day.... That there has been so much weather related damage this year.

Today's Weird for the Day has absolutely no connection to anything dealing with today's subject.  I just think it is weird.
The Weird for the Day.....  A Florida women wrecked her car while she was trying to shave her bikini area while driving.  I guess the ladies that are putting on makeup while driving aren't looking so bad now are they???

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