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| small puddle. |
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| leak above. |
We are pleased to report the house survived nicely through out the storm. Like an expectant father, I woke up at several points during the night on Saturday PM/Sunday AM to check on the upstairs and on the basement. Thankfully, all was well.
We did discover several leaks, however. We are assessing the damage today--hopefully with the roofer who installed the new roof back in October of 2009. See older blog post for more info and judge the confidence we have on his abilities to repair his own work....
UPDATE! The roofer came by and patched the roof. A few details:
We thought we were buying a 1.5 year old roof installed properly ... we had a letter of guarantee ...
It was installed as per the previous owner's instructions. Apparently, he did not want it "heat" applied, so it was put on with adhesive only, over basic tar-paper, nothing special. OSB was substituted for the plywood called for on the invoice--my guess it was the roofer here, trying to save a couple of $$. Finally, upon examination of a section of roof cut out for the solar fan, the nails used were not galvanized nor roof nails...
There are many ways of doing something, and construction is no different than software programming in this regard. so, buyer beware...
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| The roof membrane had come detached from the parapet wall. So, a patch is being applied over the parapet cap. |
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| Again, in the rear of the house, same issue--the original "new" roof membrane had come detached |
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| And around the hatch... |
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| Finally, a couple of seams were patched. Louis, holding the torch and roof membrane, made good on his guarantee. BTW: that is a 1400+ degree Fahrenheit propane fired torch... |
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