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New Roof

You remember our old roof, yes? Well, after 26 years of service it's finally been replaced.

Here's our new roof (and forgive me for not posting a pic with more of the house; trying to preserve our privacy here.) The men finished it on Friday, after several days of delays on their end and thunderstorms raining them out on ours. The dogs barked for the entire three days they were working, but other than that and the noise of them ripping off the old and hammering on the new, we all survived with our wits intact.

All in all it was a good experience, and now I can relax a little more during hurricane season.

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Maria Zannini said…
LOL! I'm glad you said something about the photos. I thought my computer was being slow loading images again.
June 11, 2023 at 11:13 AM
nightsmusic said…
I like it! It's very brown though ;) If we ever do another roof, I told Jimmy it better be a metal roof or I'm not agreeing to anything at all. We've been through three roofs and with three houses and every time, I've wanted a metal one and was shot down. Not again.
June 11, 2023 at 2:34 PM
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