Toilet, Ceiling Fan, and Wall

Upstairs toilet is fixed. We had a small leak coming from it so we decided it was probably time to change out some things that generally need replaced over time and the toilet is all better. 

Next up our ceiling fan in the Master decided to die. It was only 20 years old. There’s that number 20 again🙄. We picked up a ceiling fan from Lowe’s and got that changed out. 

Now onto our next fix and that’s to patch the hole we had to put in T’s wall in order to check for water damage in the crawl space. We wanted to make sure we didn’t leave any stone unturned when it comes to his room because he is crazy allergic to mold. So now that we know his crawl space is dry we can leave those side walls alone. 

Scot has been all on top of it today. I help where I can but most of what needs doing he has to do so I watch until he asks for my help. 

I love how quiet the new fan is. The motor was burning out on the old one. Scot and I both have to have air movement at night in order to sleep so that had to be fixed. Plus it’s the ceiling light source for the room as well. I will say this though the new lights on the new ceiling fan are crazy bright. 

There’s always something to do around here. I’ve been learning a lot while watching and handing tools to Scot. I did have a chance to put some things together with the ceiling fan so all Scot had to do was take down the old and put up the new😁. 

There’s never a dull moment around here. It’s been nice that I’ve been home instead of traveling as much as I was for T’s training with his coach. Things would’ve kept falling by the wayside and there’s no telling what kind of mess we’d be in if I wasn’t able to be here to oversea things while Scot works. It’s why we make such a great team too. 

Just so you can have a pic to go with this post. Here’s Tucker’s past time while things are getting done. 

His favorite spot. On his pillows by my side of the bed. He is so spoiled. 

Water Damage Update

As you know the first roofing crew left our roof open to the elements for 7 days through several rain spells. The house took on water of course.  We’ve had a couple restoration companies come to check out the damage so we can get estimates and get the ball rolling with getting things fixed and buttoned up within our home. We had to cut a hole in T’s side wall to view the crawl space and see if water got in there. Yes, we had to do that to his newly renovated room🙄. They found no water in the crawl space...Praise the Lord!  As far as we could tell insulation is going to have to be replaced above T’s room and our room. They are having to dry out the areas before putting new insulation in. The crawl space behind our bedroom wall which is above our dining room will have to have insulation replaced and everything dried out as well. T’s room is on an end wall of our house. It had nail pops from nails backing out of the Sheetrock when they put the new facia on. What causes that to happen is when the dry wall gets wet it backs the Sheetrock nails back out of the wall. So that Sheetrock and insulation will get replaced as well. And depending on how far the water traveled there could be a possibility, and we are praying not, that they may have to address the end walls below T’s bedroom as well. We are really praying that the water didn’t travel that far though. Of course once they get going on fixing the damage we will probably find out more. Thankful the roofing company is on the hook for this and not our homeowners insurance. All of this because the first contractors had such little respect for our home and didn’t do their due diligence in keeping our home safe from the elements. The second crew though was fantastic. Our home is going to probably be crazy next week again because of this outfit coming in and the gutter guys coming to do their install of the soffit and gutters. Of course the water damage guys actually coming will be dependent upon how quickly we get the approval from the roofing company. Hoping and praying that happens quickly. 

Happy International TaeKwonDo Day!!!

Getting Ready...

T will be training for AAU’s Virtual Poomsae National Event on October 24th from now until the time of the event to get his Poomsae as strong as possible for this event. Last year T brought home a Bronze from Nationals in Poomsae. This year he is hoping to bring home another medal and he’s hoping and striving for Gold. With Master Amy helping him from our home Dojang, Black Belt World, he can reach his goal. Master Amy is great at teaching Poomsae (also known as forms). 

Master Amy videos him and goes over what he’s done and needs improvement on with him. And together they make the needed correction(s). 

Roof Is Done!!!

The second roof crew is officially done. They’d have been done sooner but ran out of materials and then they had two rain spells to contend with on top of fixing things the first crew done wrong. So all in all this crew made up for all the junk and had a great attitude and got it done. 

Now we wait to get the gutter guy out here to do the vinyl soffit and gutters. Plus we also wait for getting all the water issues dealt with inside the house. Some of which will require insulation replacement.

But at least the biggest part of the job is done and no more water will enter the home from the roof😊. We had a down pour last night with flash flood warnings and no new leaks. Woohoo🙌!!!  

ServPro Appointment

ServPro came out this morning and there is still water in our home. They will be working up an estimate and emailing it to us and then we submit it to the roofing company. Now we wait and pray that no mold is growing because T and I are allergic to mold. T is even more allergic than I am. 

ServPro Comes In the Morning

ServPro deals with water damage in homes. We have them coming in the morning to see how much water damage might need to be dealt with because of the rain getting in when the roof was uncovered for so long from the first contractors who were working on our roof. It rained today so the second contractors didn’t get to button up the rest of the roof (putting on facia vinyl...etc.). It sure is nice to have the roof on though and to know that we are protected from the elements now. 

One Entire Side Done, Other Side Almost

The crew got the entire front side done in about two hours. They are taking a lunch break and coming back and doing all they can until they run out on the back side and then they’ll be back at it in the morning to button everything up and get it finished. For all this crew has had to deal with from all the other crew did wrong they are making great progress. If they hadn’t had to fix so much that the other crew had done wrong they would be about done with the entire roof by now. 

Here’s how much of the back side they got done. 

Progress

We love seeing progress being made to the roof. This crew had all the tools the other crew didn’t. They are a professional crew and not hacks like the crew we had before were. 

This tool in the pic below lifted all the shingles to the top of the roof. Check it out and the video. 

They are three man team today getting the job done with being two men short because something they ate last night at a cuban restaurant made them throwing up sick. Even with it just being a three man team they are getting the job done. So glad this crew is here and the other crew is history. That other crew shouldn’t be working on no ones roof. They were doing the job with excellence or professionalism. These have been very professional and doing their job with excellence. Can’t say enough good things about what we are seeing from them. 

So thankful to God for working it all out because it’s His house. His property. We are just caretakers of it.  

Roof Challenges Again

The crew has been fighting rain today. The other crew would’ve quit and came back another day but this crew got the rest of the facia up and a whole row of shingles. Tomorrow has a clear weather forecast. They will have this roof done tomorrow. So loving the progress they are making compared to the 14 days of hardly anything done (and done wrong) by the other crew. 

Castle Grey shingles l👀k great😁!!!  Can’t wait until they are all on the roof😊.