This time it is "T-H-E...R-O-O-F...I-S...O-K-A-Y". We had a little scare with the roof over the past two weeks. While the gutters were being cleaned, a slate tile came sliding off the roof. The guy doing the gutters said he never even touched the roof, it was just the movement of the gutter that made it fall. That made us nervous enough, but when the repair person came to fix the piece, he made it clear that he wasn't sure if the roof was done right (he was hired by the original roofing company because they no longer have an office in the area). He told us to get the roof inspected by the city before signing the papers to release the roof funds. Very long story short, we had the city inspector, a representative from the roofing company and another roofing company all meet at our house last Thursday for a very thourough inspection and much to our relief, everything is okay! The only glitch now in the roof saga is that the roofing company filed a bogus permit stating that they were doing a $3K replacement of shingles instead of the actual monstrous fee of replacing a slate and copper roof (the permit cost is tied to the job cost). Now all we are waiting for is a small copper repair and for the paperwork to be correctly filed by the roofing company...then, a measly 5 months later, the roof will finally be done!!! Now that spells relief...
