Ten Years of Foam · Solar Off, Solar On
Ten years after we put foam roofs on the great room, foyer and studio, the studio roof started leaking. Cue some roof TLC, plus taking the pool solar off and putting it back on.
Tag: Roof
New Roofs, No Pavers Required
Storm winds peeled the shingles off both wings, so after a stopgap of pavers on garbage bags, Eastman gave us new roofs.
Venting the Garage
A new exhaust fan in the roof makes the garage almost pleasant on 100-degree days.
Stripping Down
Stripping the previous owners’ flaking paint off the great room’s chimney column.
Chimneys Be Gone
With the diesel furnaces gone, O’Neal Roofing removes the two old chimney stacks.
Before and After Roof Comparison
Before and after shots of the great room and entry roofs. All the tar and paper were patches.
A week in review
A week of small things: the golf cart sold, the shed turned garden center, new kitchen rugs, the books shelved and a fig tree recruited for a Department of Agriculture fly study.
And we swam and swam all over the dam
New pool solar, a new forest green cover from Pool Covers, Inc. and some wonky pool chemistry. Now I can swim every day.
Roofs and Solar
The three new foam roofs are done, and 15 new spiral solar panels on the studio roof should let us swim year-round.
Our house had an ouchy
The new flat roofs go on, and the great room reveals dry rot so extensive the wood was still wet in July. All repaired, and still under budget.
Work Continues
Meeting the Wall Guy, plumbers who rescheduled 15 minutes before the appointment and a well tank replacement that will need a crane.