Really heavy rain up here. I live in an old house with dormer rooms. That means open channels between the different roof angles. That means if the lead that forms the gutter channels is too neat, when the water flows fast, it spills over and onto the bare roof. Given enough rain, it starts to leak into the attic. Which it's doing now. Got a few saturated sections of cross beam. I've laid out old rugs and towels to absorb the worst. Hopefully it'll keep the water from the internal ceilings. It's made worse by the the chimney breast which is saturated and needs waterproofed. Need a new roof.
we had to get a new roof last year, but before that we had leaks, we glued down a heavy tarp over the troublesome areas until we could do the roof though. you can buy thick tarp (i think its plastic/vinyl)
not sure if that would help or not, if you have neighbors they might not like the ugly site, but eh it does act as temporary roof well enough and is cheap like 40 bucks for our big tarp
Wow! And here I was, huffing and puffing about Ford trying to charge me £320 to replace my rear suspension bushes that cost 20 quid a piece in their own online store.
I'm gonna take it to different garage next week to get another quote.
me and my Dad used to love Ford, but they have turned into a garbage company. they changed the engine in the 2016 Ford Escapes where the valves have gaps between them to allow for more air, but basically every ford escape 2016 and after ends up needing a new engine replacement after about 60k miles, the old escapes never did, and Ford refuses to do a recall even though they know its their fault. my Dad got burned on this recently as he had a 2017 model. apparently they changed the engine back the way it was with the new 2020+ models... disgusting company. they know full well otherwise they wouldn't have changed back, and if they know full well they should have offered a free recall engine replacement.
I am fortunate that my son in law is a mechanic in that sense, seems with the cost of living increases most trades people have doubled both their labour costs and increased their mark up on parts.
my uncle is a mechanic too and sometimes helps us out, but not always sometimes he charges full price. your son-in-law only helps you out... well the proof is in the pudding I suppose
Yeah... We've had three people on the street need new roofs. One paid for a proper roofing contractor. Probably paid a fair premium for it but this company did SO MUCH for this house and they were done in three-four days. Rebuilt the entire roof and sorted out some of the tiles and gutters on the front of the house as well as painting the front of their house for them too since they had the big ladder out.
Meanwhile the other two house holds are probably on their 2nd or 3rd group of gypsy 'roofers' and all of them have been trying to get their roofs done since July this year. These people turn up set all the scaffolding up then completely vanish, and when you do see them, they barely get any work done and they demand part of the money to be paid up front then threaten to smash your windows and set fired to your house after theyve been set up for two weeks when you finally decide to tell them you dont want them working on your house no more and to leave.
The sad fact is, my mum went out there and sorted out a deal with the legit roofers working on the first house and they said they would give 10% off to every house they worked on, on the street since they were here anyway. Absolutely NOBODY took their offer. My mum was proper pissed off. The area is a heap of shit but she loves the neighbourhood and tries to help some of the families out.
Hiring gypsy cowboy builders will never end well.
I think the house across the street started leaking recently as well. The resident there has a pretty well paid 30k+ a year job, can afford to take his family on multiple holidays abroad without fail every year but cant afford to fix his roof and I dont think his roof has been touched in all the years that ive been alive and lived here.
As my mum says - The most important thing is the roof, and it takes a lot of abuse but if you put the money in. It will look after you for generations.
this is horrible. our roof was done in one day and we have a big house. The Mexicans do all the roofing in my area, for everyone and anyone, and they work harder than anyone out there, its crazy how fast they work actually. They make good money, and their food is 10/10, I am happy they are here personally.
) than any other country. Also some crazy tax on alcohol, unfortunately.
it was glorious but damn, the warmest it got whilst I was there was minus 37C 
Coldest was minus 41C I believe ............... although the week after we came home it was apparently a toasty minus 22C.
