Tuesday 13 September 2011

Up on the roof - it never rains but it pours .........

For my virtual jukebox this week one of the songs I chose was ‘Up on the Roof’, written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King, performed by James Taylor.

Little did I know that Tim would be spending a good part of the day on our roof. The remnants of Hurricane Katya blew the large Victorian chimney pot off our neighbours chimney, which landed on our roof, leaving a gaping hole.



The velux window had a lucky escape? A big concern is our newly refurbished bathroom, especially if rain gets in!





Rory’s roof was undamaged! His insurers were unable to find a roofer to come today, so with rain likely Tim needed to get ‘up on the roof’ to fashion a stop gap repair.

It never rains but it pours…………  I sincerely hope not!!

Watch this space for news of the repair.

14 comments:

  1. Oh dear, sorry to hear about this, I hope it gets sorted for you quickly.

    With things like this, it's not so much the cost, as that is paid by the insurance company (hopefully), but the time you have put in yourself trying to get it sorted out. Good luck !!

    Nice house, btw !!

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  2. Love your house, what a pretty place to live even with a damaged roof!

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  3. Hi Gaynor... that was very unlucky. I hope that your roofer can get it sorted quickly. I love the arched windows by the way.

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  4. Tell Tim to be careful! and not to get up there with no else around. We got pouring rain and some wind.

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  5. That looks really bad. Were you at home when it happened? It must have scared the hell out of you!!
    Your house looks lovely. Is it a former shool building? Just asking, because the other night I saw a similar house on 'Escape to the country' which used to be a village school. Martine

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  6. Great shame... and on a bit with decorative tiles too... bonne chance!

    Nice house too! Love the use of brick!

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  7. Oh dear! It's wet and blustery here too. Take care up on those ladders - I notice the use of a bench as counterweight (I'm terrified if I stand on a step-stool).

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  8. That is all you need someone else's chimney through your roof!!! Hope that you have no problems and that the insurers soon fix the problem properly for you. Diane

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  9. What have I told dad about using 'alternative methods' to create sky lights!!

    :)

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  10. Oh! so not nice!! Hope insurers sort things fast. What a lovely Vistorian[or is Edwardian?] home. We had monsoon-like rains but not much wind.

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  11. Thanks everyone for your concern and good wishes. It is still very windy here, but little in the way of rain...so far!

    Quotes are in and the repair is to be done on Thursday if everything goes according to plan. Overall I think we have been lucky, as it could have been so much worse. Everything is covered by our neighbours insurance, and he even has some of the special tiles needed to replace the broken ones.

    In answer to some of your questions is a Victorian village school.

    I'll get Tim to take some pics of the repair job.

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  12. So sorry to read that you suffered this storm damage, thank goodness your husband was able to get up there and make it weatherproof preventing any further damage.

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  13. Tsk. It is difficult to spare our homes from storm damage. But it's a good thing that no one in your home was hurt. It's nice that you converted your roof into a weather-proof one.

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  14. Thanks Eugene,
    It looks like you know a bit more than we do about the repair of storm damage. If only we'd lived in Pennsylvania!!

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