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Writing a check for a roof right now.

Posted on 8/2/19 at 9:16 am
Posted by Anaximander
3524 Third St New Orleans, LA
Member since Jun 2018
3412 posts
Posted on 8/2/19 at 9:16 am
Yes, I know it is trashy to have a roof or replace it.

And I know I am cheap for using shingles unlike the baws here who crust there roofs with diamonds.

It is one of those expenses that costs a lot but you get absolutely no fun out of the purchase (Other than not having a leaking roof.)

The joys of home ownership are sometimes just like the joys of passing a kidney stone.



Posted by zuluboudreaux
God’s country USA
Member since Jan 2008
1247 posts
Posted on 8/2/19 at 9:17 am to
Did Garcia do your roof?
Posted by SUB
Silver Tier TD Premium
Member since Jan 2009
26296 posts
Posted on 8/2/19 at 9:17 am to
Bro story crow
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
93541 posts
Posted on 8/2/19 at 9:17 am to
quote:

Yes, I know it is trashy to have a roof or replace it.


depends on which roofing company you choose
Posted by TygerTyger
Houston
Member since Oct 2010
11359 posts
Posted on 8/2/19 at 9:18 am to
Did you have damage to the roof from hail or something?

Did you go through your insurance?

If you have a good roofing company that knows the ropes, you shouldn't have to write out a dime's worth of your own money on a new roof.
Posted by Oddibe
Close to some, further from others
Member since Sep 2015
6756 posts
Posted on 8/2/19 at 9:18 am to
Subtle brag thread that you have $7500 for new roof.
Posted by tgrbaitn08
Member since Dec 2007
148031 posts
Posted on 8/2/19 at 9:19 am to
Just throw an extra sheet of tin up there and hold it down with a tire
Posted by Skillet
Member since Aug 2006
114462 posts
Posted on 8/2/19 at 9:19 am to
roof humor:


what does a dog say......"bark"

great baseball player...."babe ruth"



Posted by Scooba
Member since Jun 2013
20027 posts
Posted on 8/2/19 at 9:20 am to
quote:

Writing a check


Do you even CC reward points bro?
Posted by TDsngumbo
Member since Oct 2011
51600 posts
Posted on 8/2/19 at 9:21 am to
I usually just wait until after hailstorms. A deductible is a lot easier to pay than the whole roof.
Posted by The Spleen
Member since Dec 2010
38865 posts
Posted on 8/2/19 at 9:21 am to
Yeah that $13k check I wrote a few years ago sucked.
Posted by fatboydave
Fat boy land
Member since Aug 2004
17979 posts
Posted on 8/2/19 at 9:22 am to
Get you one of those metal roofs so you can attract lightning bolts
Posted by Mudminnow
Houston, TX
Member since Aug 2004
34216 posts
Posted on 8/2/19 at 9:26 am to
Replacing a house with 2 ACs is the single biggest expense a homeowner will have to pay. Consider yourself lucky it was only a roof
Posted by Anaximander
3524 Third St New Orleans, LA
Member since Jun 2018
3412 posts
Posted on 8/2/19 at 9:27 am to
Just an old roof that is time to go. I bought and renovated this house after Katrina and put off the roof which is probably over 30 or 40 years old.
Posted by UGATiger26
Jacksonville, FL
Member since Dec 2009
9128 posts
Posted on 8/2/19 at 9:29 am to
quote:

Yes, I know it is trashy to have a roof or replace it.



Posted by eScott
Member since Oct 2008
11376 posts
Posted on 8/2/19 at 9:31 am to
quote:

Yeah that $13k check I wrote a few years ago sucked.


That's why you go to a job site, find the Mexican that speaks English and get him to bid labor while you buy the material. You could have turned that 13k check into a 5k check.
Posted by eScott
Member since Oct 2008
11376 posts
Posted on 8/2/19 at 9:35 am to
quote:

roof humor:


what does a dog say......"bark"

great baseball player...."babe ruth"


That's over my head.
Posted by LSU$$$
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2013
1280 posts
Posted on 8/2/19 at 9:38 am to
Someone needs to take y'all aside and tell you how new roofs work with your homeowners insurance.............
Posted by Anaximander
3524 Third St New Orleans, LA
Member since Jun 2018
3412 posts
Posted on 8/2/19 at 9:39 am to
quote:

hat's why you go to a job site, find the Mexican that speaks English and get him to bid labor while you buy the material. You could have turned that 13k check into a 5k check.



But his English cannot be too fluent or the price goes up.
Posted by The Spleen
Member since Dec 2010
38865 posts
Posted on 8/2/19 at 9:41 am to
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Someone needs to take y'all aside and tell you how new roofs work with your homeowners insurance.............



Oh, I tried. They refused. I kept waiting and waiting for a hail storm that never came and after the third roof leak I had to break down and pay out of pocket.

And my uncle is our insurance agent and he went to bat for us, and still nothing.
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