Roof Update

After our roofing crew was fired on Saturday, we had a new one start Monday.

I've gotten a little information from the contractor and the project manager about that first crew. They were out of Georgia and had done at least two other houses for our contractor. They were slow on one of those houses but perfect on the other so they decided to continue using them.

On Saturday (the day it rained), the project manager had dropped off a tarp about an hour before the rain and told the guys to cover the house. We had gotten home about half an hour later and only the foreman was here. I'm guessing his crew was also gone when the manager dropped off the tarp. The manager told me yesterday that he thinks the crew's truck had broken down but no one seems to be sure. Either way, they should have covered the house before they left. The manager also said he was upset about the trailer they had dragged down our driveway. He was not impressed by the dinky little trailer they had because it didn't hold much and they kept having to go to the dump to get rid of shingles instead of working.

So our new crew started working about 6 pm Monday night. They put shingles on the front of the house over the garage. They were banging away until 9:30 pm and finally left a little before 10 pm. I was able to get the boys to bed close to their normal bedtimes and they amazing slept through all the noise. So far they've taken their normal naps too - I'm just amazed because it is REALLY loud.

They showed back up around 8:15 am yesterday and started taking the shingles off the front of the main part of the house. They seem to be going slow but the contractor stopped by and said that they were told to go slow and do a good job because of our bad experience with the last crew. They managed to get the shingles off that front section and put the felt up last night before the rain started. There have been 3 guys and a foreman that comes and goes.

This morning 5 or 6 guys showed up and started working around 8 am. They've been working on getting shingles on the part they took off yesterday. There's been scattered showers all morning but they've been working through the rain.

Hopefully they can finish tomorrow!