Tuesday, 19 June 2012

My Leaking Roof


One rainy day, I was resting in my couch and enjoying a hot cup of coffee. In rainy days, I do not have much work to do, rather to sit back and relax. At this time, I do not afford anything to destroy my personal utopia. But that day it happened, and suddenly my roof started leaking.
Of course, I cannot wait and ignore this leaking roof in hope that it will recover itself. Also, I cannot go up and figure out where the major problem is and how to fix it. What I can do is to call the roofing contractor and hope that he will get in the home, before the living room drowns. Fortunately, the roofing contractor arrives in time and started surgery of the roof. If he would not have come in time, I might have to go myself and try to plug the leakage.
The roofing contractor has analyzed the roof and figure out three basic problems with the damaged roof. The roof covering or tiles were cracked and from some place it was broken. This has happened because of weather thatch. Secondly, my roof is flat and thus it has rain gutters to get the water off. If my roof has steepness the chances of leaking would have decreased. Moreover, with steeped roofing structure, my roof would be water proofed and weather proofed. But, due to incorrect installation of the roof, water was pilling up in the roof and has started penetrating inside the roof covering. The intersection points were damaged and thus wall has started showing the signs of damages.
On calling for a roofing expert, I noticed that these things were in front of me and I have waited long for getting the services of expert roofers. The roofing contractor has clearly explained all signs of damages and asked me that I have taken so much time in calling them. At that time I was feeling so ashamed.
Roofing contractor has started repairing the roof from the damaged areas. It took almost five days to complete the entire repairing task. The roofing contractor has fixed damaged tiles and secured up the nails. They have introduced some steepness in the roof so to ensure that water does not pile up and easily get away from rain gutter. They have also asked me to go for re-painting the home, as walls were slightly damaged. They also suggested me to timely call the roofing contractor for inspecting the roof and maintaining the proper condition of roof.
My roof repairing has become so easy by the expert services of Building Angels. Their roofing contractor has reached to my place on just one call. They have started work on the same day and take approval of expenses before initiating the work. The best part is they have given me various options to choose from. This ensured the work in my budget limits. They have informed me everything they are going to do with my roof. I am quite satisfied with their roofing services.

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