How's the view???........

[cachsux]

This is an amazing pic I took on my route, my iphone camera doesnt do it justice. I was at 1400 feet, looking southwest down into the valley below. From this point you can see 40 miles or more. There was a thunderstorm coming in, and I could look down into the valley and literally see a "rain line" moving slowly from west to east. There were lightning flashes, and I could hear the thunder. I was far enough away (about 8 or 9 miles) that the sound of the thunder took about 10 seconds to reach me. It would reverbate and echo off of both walls of the valley. I wanted to snap the pic at the moment of a lightning flash, but I was always a second or two too slow. You can see that the gravel road I am parked on is bone dry; 20 minutes after I took this picture there was an inch of hail covering it and rain was flooding the ditches on either side.

Oh yea? Where's the hail boobies?

 

[UnconTROLLed]

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[UnconTROLLed]

Picture taken out of my homes sunroom window, yesterday AM. 3.2? mp cell phone camera, poor detail.

 

[over9five]

....and did I mention my roof?

 

[menotyou]

....and did I mention my roof?

You had to move into the city...................

 

[Dizzee]

....and did I mention my roof?

Where are your rain gutters?

 

[cachsux]

....and did I mention my roof?

Aw c'mon. There's a few good years left there.

 

[over9five]

Where are your rain gutters?

Hey! Where are my rain gutters?!???!
Should I contact LP?

 

[over9five]

Aw c'mon. There's a few good years left there.

Lol, maybe if the next few winters were like last winter!
Roofer starts tomorrow too.

 

[old levi's]

....and did I mention my roof?

It's always something!

 

[cachsux]

Lol, maybe if the next few winters were like last winter!
Roofer starts tomorrow too.

Get off the friend-in computer and do it yourself, slacker.

 

[over9five]

Get off the friend-in computer and do it yourself, slacker.

Holy crap, do you know how heavy shingles are??? And it would require carrying them up a ladder. I'm old, I want nothing to do with it!!

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Make sure they put down the 3' ice dam membrane--pricey but well worth the investment.

 

[over9five]

Make sure they put down the 3' ice dam membrane--pricey but well worth the investment.

Copy that. They recommended, and we agreed, to 6'.

 

[cachsux]

Holy crap, do you know how heavy shingles are??? And it would require carrying them up a ladder. I'm old, I want nothing to do with it!!

Get the roof prepped and they will deliver with a boom that places the bundles directly on the roof.

 

[old levi's]

Copy that. They recommended, and we agreed, to 6'.

6 trumps 3

 

[ajblakejr]

Oh yea? Where's the hail boobies?

Did someone say boobeees?

 

[over9five]

6 trumps 3

Cuz this roof has had ice dam issues. We're also installing soffet vents, and later this year when I have money again we'll blow in some attic insulation. You should see the insulation that's up there, I didn't know it came so thin....

 

[over9five]

Get the roof prepped and they will deliver with a boom that places the bundles directly on the roof.

Man, I can barely function now. There is no way I could do that!

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Get off the friend-in computer and do it yourself, slacker.

Holy crap, do you know how heavy shingles are??? And it would require carrying them up a ladder. I'm old, I want nothing to do with it!!

Let's see......strip off the old shingles, repair/replace any damaged plywood and remove any stray nails, sweep off the roof, put down the ice dam membrane and roof felt, lay down the first course, stagger the second, cap off the peak....or....write a check and come home to a new roof.

Pay to the order of: Work Smarter, Not Harder