While I was out in the garage on Sunday, I happened to look up, and surprise surprise! saw sunlight. I am pretty sure that one should not see sunlight in one’s roof, either in the garage or in the house. Also, lucky me, it’s right where the garage roof joins the house.
Today I had two companies out for estimates. I called a third company yesterday, and they said they would have someone out the early half of this week. How’s that for vague? Anywho, the first guy showed up, I pointed to the sunlit patch in the garage, and he pretty much dismissed me, saying he would mail an estimate from the office today. I went in the house and he drove off within 3 minutes. I have no idea what I am looking at, or if the hole extends over the house and not just the garage. First guy also showed up 1/2 hour late.
Second guy shows up approx. 15 min. early. Unfortunately for me, Miss Rebecca insisted on eating at that time. I’m fine with feeding in public, but one on one at my house with a stranger is weird. Second guy has a beat up truck with a dixie flag sticker in the rear window. That could be a point down, but it also isn’t good to judge people based on their likings. Second guy wasn’t fased by the Rebecca feeding. First guy didn’t even comment on my cute baby. Second guy cooed at her. Point up. Second guy climbs up on the roof, waggles his fingers (one of which is cut off at the knuckle) through the hole and asks if I can see them. He comes back down and asks if he can plug in his laptop in my garage. Yet another point up. I don’t have to wait to find out the damage. He cats while he types out the estimate. He has five kids. The youngest was a big belcher. He didn’t have any Harley-Davidson shirts that didn’t have spew on the shoulder with that kid. The kid would burp so loudly that he would ask him if he had been at the bar. Second guy is also missing several teeth, but I’m liking his friendliness more. He goes on to tell me that our roof looks good. I say that our roof is 13 years old. We bougt the ouse 6 years ago. The sellers said the roof was 7 years old at that time, but our inspector thought it was only 1 year old. This guy says he would stick with the inspector’s estimate of age. He says we shouldn’t have to look at replacing it for another 10 years. Woo hoo!
The roof line between the garage and the house needs to be reflashed. Second guy gives a price of $350. Workable. He makes a point of telling me that his boss won’t schedule the job until he has an original signed contract in his hand. Fax copy is no good. He won’t send someone out to do the job with you saying that you will hand the worker the contract. You have to deliver or mail it in first. Okay.
At this point, I am feeling rather brushed off by the first company. If the estimates are within $50 of each other, second company gets my business.
Third guy just showed without calling to let me know he was coming. He feels that I don’t need to have the flashing on the roof done. He thinks the roof will only last 5 years, and it’s not worth it. He suggested just using a high quality caulk over the flashing and filling in the daylight part. That would only be $85. hmmmm.
