Roofing 101

Who would have thought it would take two weeks to roof a house of only 2800 square feet?  More problems were encountered when one of the crew removed all the previous siding on 2nd floor, which we intended to do down the road sometime but not now! We knew they had to remove one course to put in flashing, but due to some communication issues - me no habla espanol/they very little English - they removed ALL the previous siding. Supervisor of job was off having new grandbaby but he really came through and fixed everything so it was "in the dry" until we could order some new siding. Early September is not usually such a wet time in Texas, but of course, for us, it was! The home was originally built in 1920 with cypress siding, so we are deciding whether to go back with that, which has to be special ordered and milled to order, or go with Hardie or Smart Siding.