649 6th

over built-up roof

took a leak

Been a few days since we last posted, which you could take to mean nothing has been happening (in a sense this is true cuz our contractor is an infuriating sloth when it comes to moving this job along with anything even remotely related to speed), but the truth is we have been busy with little jobs of our own; however, our achievements are not even worth mentioning in light of last night's drizzle turned indoor shower.

Oh yeah: we sprung a leak.

Everyone be quiet while I figure out where that dripping sound is coming from. Hmm, must be the water seaping down through three whole floors of house.

Someone with more experience than I might be inclined to say there's no such thing as a new roof that doesn't leak. Some person might even suggest we should just be happy we weren't tested by a downpour. To them I say climbing over neighbor's wet roof in the dark to track down source of leak (yes I was victorious in redirecting flow away from utterly un-flashed joint) was plenty test for me to almost kick myself for not having done a better inspection of roofer's work over the past week plus of late summer sunshine.

roofed

This is the articulated sky hook that delivered the roofing materials to the house...finally... (Friday)

A house roofed (Saturday)

Please note the stumppy chimney that now needs to be extended to pass code.

In the coming week:
- The aftermath of the embezzling construction company client rep (don't even go there)
-Reinstallation of a hideously botched lock set situation
-Planning for the stairs; the first guys to bid said there is a problem with the size of the opening going to the third floor. Project manager says it'll be a.o.k. (and he did make me eat a little crow by having his guys show up on Labor day weekend, maybe this time he'll be right too).
- Siding? Siding? Helloooo... siding?
- Determine exactly WHAT goes on the newly exposed exterior ends of the attic. (you know, "not in the contract")