Roofers (a rant).

[TheGrey]

Exactly! I was just having this same conversation with the room-temperature IQ neighbors on Next Door that were ranting about some guy going door to door to sell security systems that was a little pushy. My response:

"People still answer their door or phone for unknown callers in 2018?"

Why would you? Expecting a lottery winning notification or something? Guess what... they'll leave a voice mail if you won millions.

Other than being so lonely and hard up for human interaction I haven't the foggiest idea why anyone would answer their door to a stranger. Nothing good will come of that transaction and you're opening yourself up to a potential world of problems.

If nobody answered their door to solicitors or phone to unknown numbers the solicitor would become extinct the next day. Do your part.

Alas, some of us have to answer the phone, regardless. Business. If it goes to voice mail, they'll take heir business elsewhere.

[Rucker61]

Exactly! I was just having this same conversation with the room-temperature IQ neighbors on Next Door that were ranting about some guy going door to door to sell security systems that was a little pushy. My response:

"People still answer their door or phone for unknown callers in 2018?"

Why would you? Expecting a lottery winning notification or something? Guess what... they'll leave a voice mail if you won millions.

Other than being so lonely and hard up for human interaction I haven't the foggiest idea why anyone would answer their door to a stranger. Nothing good will come of that transaction and you're opening yourself up to a potential world of problems.

If nobody answered their door to solicitors or phone to unknown numbers the solicitor would become extinct the next day. Do your part.

I sure miss my Rottie.

[Fentonite]

I sure miss my Rottie.

I’d offer to let Calvin come visit, but he’d be no help. Every day, he waits for the mailman. Then he ferociously charges the porch gate, spits a ball through the gate onto the sidewalk, and waits for the mailman to throw it back and then lean over the gate to give him a hug. Solicitors will sometimes see him and pass on by, but those who are dog-savvy, they have his number.

[kidicarus13]

"People still answer their door or phone for unknown callers in 2018?"

Why would you? Expecting a lottery winning notification or something? Guess what... they'll leave a voice mail if you won millions.

Other than being so lonely and hard up for human interaction I haven't the foggiest idea why anyone would answer their door to a stranger. Nothing good will come of that transaction and you're opening yourself up to a potential world of problems.

If nobody answered their door to solicitors or phone to unknown numbers the solicitor would become extinct the next day. Do your part.

Riding in the same boat.

[Irving]

Yard signs signal to the rest of the neighborhood that work is being done. It used to be that people would call after a storm of pea sized hail and cry and whine when they didn't get a roof bought. This year I've had more than one person tell me, "The roof is pretty new, I doubt there is even any damage, but look anyway." I ask how big the hail was and they are like, "Ummm, about 3 inches." That's how jaded people are becoming. A lot of people have damage and don't even think to look. A neighborhood full of roof signs lets them know that they should. Plus, maybe it stops other companies from canvasing that neighborhood as hard, but probably not.

[encorehunter]

Yard signs signal to the rest of the neighborhood that work is being done. It used to be that people would call after a storm of pea sized hail and cry and whine when they didn't get a roof bought. This year I've had more than one person tell me, "The roof is pretty new, I doubt there is even any damage, but look anyway." I ask how big the hail was and they are like, "Ummm, about 3 inches." That's how jaded people are becoming. A lot of people have damage and don't even think to look. A neighborhood full of roof signs lets them know that they should. Plus, maybe it stops other companies from canvasing that neighborhood as hard, but probably not.

Or you get the insurance adjustor who states you have no damage. Brand new roof 4 years before the hailstorm, now it leaks like a sieve. There is no damage though. All the new metal is riddled like it was shot with a shotgun. "It's fine, it's only cosmetic." The water coming in is from"wind driven rain." My ass.

[Irving]

Yeah, that's generally how roof leaks work. Leaks are most often at penetrations and flashing. If there isn't enough hail damage to replace shingles, then hail isn't what caused a leak.

[encorehunter]

How about when it leaks and there is no wind? Or the fact it hadn't leaked previous to the hail storm for 4 years?

[Gman]

We had the issue of leakage after a hail storm that didn't require replacing the roof. The aluminum flashing where the gas fireplace vented through the roof got banged up by the hail and it broke the caulking seal. The water followed the ducting down into the house. Some fresh caulking solved the problem.

[bradbn4]

I am getting close to replacing my 35 year roof after 10 good years...none of the hail storms this year caused any real damage; but I can see it has aged quite a bit over the last 3 years...

I think I am on at least hail storm #8 this year; mostly the small stuff that has been killing my garden and stripping some leaves off the tree.

I was going to do the roof replacement this year; but with all the other places in Col Spg getting hit; I think the roofers are a wee bit backlogged.