{"id":2703,"date":"2013-04-29T12:09:39","date_gmt":"2013-04-29T16:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wymore.net\/benandtricia\/blog\/ben3\/?p=2703"},"modified":"2013-04-29T12:09:39","modified_gmt":"2013-04-29T16:09:39","slug":"channeling-my-inner-roofing-contractor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.wymore.net\/benandtricia\/blog\/ben3\/?p=2703","title":{"rendered":"Channeling my inner roofing contractor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back in October we had some trees come down in Hurricane Sandy:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"20121030_074914\" style=\"float: none; margin: 0px auto; display: block\" alt=\"20121030_074914\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wymore.net\/benandtricia\/blog\/ben3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/20121030_074914.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_0001\" style=\"float: none; margin: 0px auto; display: block\" alt=\"IMG_0001\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wymore.net\/benandtricia\/blog\/ben3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_0001.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_0002\" style=\"float: none; margin: 0px auto; display: block\" alt=\"IMG_0002\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wymore.net\/benandtricia\/blog\/ben3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_0002.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p>We recently had the tree removed from our house (there was quite a waiting list for removal services).&#160; I had checked our attic and found a bit of leaking, so I called a roofing company that could re-roof the damaged face for a mere $3200.&#160; After doing a bit of research, I decided to replace the damaged shingles myself.&#160; The new shingles are a slightly different color, but it all went together well in the end.&#160; Since I was two stories above the ground, I used a friend\u2019s climbing harness and rope.&#160; Safety first!<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"20130428_135234\" style=\"float: none; margin: 0px auto; display: block\" alt=\"20130428_135234\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wymore.net\/benandtricia\/blog\/ben3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/20130428_135234.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p>I also used a mallet to bend the gutters back into shape.&#160; Despite the cool weather, it was quite warm up on the roof.&#160; I wouldn\u2019t want that job in July!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in October we had some trees come down in Hurricane Sandy: &#160; We recently had the tree removed from our house (there was quite a waiting list for removal services).&#160; I had checked our attic and found a bit of leaking, so I called a roofing company that could re-roof the damaged face for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wymore.net\/benandtricia\/blog\/ben3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2703"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wymore.net\/benandtricia\/blog\/ben3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wymore.net\/benandtricia\/blog\/ben3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wymore.net\/benandtricia\/blog\/ben3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wymore.net\/benandtricia\/blog\/ben3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.wymore.net\/benandtricia\/blog\/ben3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2703\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wymore.net\/benandtricia\/blog\/ben3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wymore.net\/benandtricia\/blog\/ben3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wymore.net\/benandtricia\/blog\/ben3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}