End of Day One

Before & after of the back of the house. I took the first picture last week, and the second picture today after the contractors finished up day one on the roof. No more saggy roof, yeah! The contractor said that there were actually already two roofs on the house. Not two layers of roofing shingles, but a roof with a layer of shingles, and then a second roof with two more layers of shingles. You probably can't see this but there is a massive pile of shingles behind the house. We're having to walk the dogs out front.

The dogs are not thrilled about all of these strange noises and strange people. They were pretty scared this morning. But I'm hoping that maybe this will desensitize them to every little noise they hear. Colson barks a lot, so it will be good for him to chill a bit. The other reason we have to walk them out front is below.

The steps were definitely far from "code." They have a date etched in them of 4-21-1975 and had been broken up at the top to make room for a deck that we tore off when we bought the house. As you can see, we're getting a new stoop out back - a brick one. Stairs will come down either side and we will have a handrail! The contractor says the stairs will be done tomorrow (but will need to set before use), as will the back of the roof. Man, these guys work fast!