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Where the rain gets in
Sep. 30th, 2010 11:21 pmSince last night, our area is being socked with tropical storm-like conditions, with tornado warnings earlier in the day, and generally is a super-soaked mess outside. No damage out there to report, other than some early dropping of leaves.
Inside, however, is another matter. My health issues as well as my financial situation of late has put the brakes on getting the house and garage roofs done. I figured I'd see how things held up during the deluge. Well, there's now wet spots in places on the house ceilings, and there are puddles inside the garage from the roof leaking there as well. In other words, it's gotten much worse. With my surgery date looming in a week and a half and the fact that I have become essentially immobile now, there's little I can do at this point. My involvement in the actual work is minimal, I just have to crawl up into the attic space and frame the areas in the roof for the three skylights, and pick up the actual skylights from the building supplier. There's no way I'll get that done beforehand, and there has to be a substantial wait time after my surgery where I plan to do little but sit around the house as I recover. I'm not taking any chances there, I don't need to be a permanent cripple.
Needless to say, I am upset as hell. More work needs to be done, and more money spent. Part of it is my fault for not getting things done sooner, but it seems just as things are going my way, something trips me up and I have to put things on hold. I was doing remarkably good at the beginning of the year and figured things would have all been taken care of by now, but you know how that story went.
I'm seriously screwed now. And I am a bundle of nerve and anger as a result.
Inside, however, is another matter. My health issues as well as my financial situation of late has put the brakes on getting the house and garage roofs done. I figured I'd see how things held up during the deluge. Well, there's now wet spots in places on the house ceilings, and there are puddles inside the garage from the roof leaking there as well. In other words, it's gotten much worse. With my surgery date looming in a week and a half and the fact that I have become essentially immobile now, there's little I can do at this point. My involvement in the actual work is minimal, I just have to crawl up into the attic space and frame the areas in the roof for the three skylights, and pick up the actual skylights from the building supplier. There's no way I'll get that done beforehand, and there has to be a substantial wait time after my surgery where I plan to do little but sit around the house as I recover. I'm not taking any chances there, I don't need to be a permanent cripple.
Needless to say, I am upset as hell. More work needs to be done, and more money spent. Part of it is my fault for not getting things done sooner, but it seems just as things are going my way, something trips me up and I have to put things on hold. I was doing remarkably good at the beginning of the year and figured things would have all been taken care of by now, but you know how that story went.
I'm seriously screwed now. And I am a bundle of nerve and anger as a result.
