Rain On Our Parade

As we like to say...

What happened?

We got cocky.

After an uncharacteristically snow-free winter and a very dry start to the spring, the heavens parted yesterday and it rained overnight and into today. When we came home, we had a nice puddle between our breakfast nook and our freshly finished kitchen.  Well, crap.

The sheetrock Gods were on our side and there actually isn't any visible damage - yet. But the water worked its way through the shingles and roof boards and found the one spot where there wasn't fiberglass insulation to sop it up (also not ideal) - the header between the two spaces. Which is all a long way to say that it looks like we (Ryan, mostly) will be getting in a little roofing before the wedding.  What a bummer.

I must admit, two years of (old) homeownership have hardened me a bit. Back in 2010, I would have freaked out. Now I'm mildly annoyed. Maybe it's also that we have so much going on right now, there's no point in stressing. But 'tis the constant cycle of owning an old house, especially our wee one that had a whole lotta deferred maintenance when it came into our care.

Ah, what can you do... it's been too long since I've done a good roofing post.  Stay tuned, readers!

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