Paranoid about my roof.

[vixengrl]

We replaced our roof shortly after buying our house eight years ago. We developed a leak the summer after buying the place, and were deeply concerned, it being the first house we ever bought. We were told that the roof was 1/2" and standard was 3/4" and so we said, with the money we still had after buying a whole house and carpeting and flooring it and all--give us a proper 3/4" roof.

Now, I know they laid a proper roof, because my dad was up it and saw that it wasn't bad, and I still find roofing nails in my backyard to this day. So I have a good roof, sloped in the right places, and it is less than 10 yrs old, but I spent today listening to news stories about roof collapses b/c of too much snow--I am not equipped to go on my roof and shovel off snow. The "settling" noises that I normally hear during rainstorms and fierce winds, are right now making me damn near mental--

Also--my neighbor's patio table, which was probably a meter high, is a centimeter from vanished under the snow--that is a lot of freaking snow. If I think about this much being on my roof, I get a little panicky--even knowing the strong winds and the slope should mostly knock the snow off.

I am so blaming this on the increased moisture caused by glacial melting and all from global warming--because after all, it was over 32 degrees F and even raining for a bit, but still did this. Jim Inhofe and his generations can totally get stuffed! 32^O is not even cold for Philly! I want the 19 degree cold that freezes my hair but doesn't make me scared that the wires across the street are weighted down with a buttload of snow! Where I don't suppose the lights are dimming. Where I still can dig out in a plausible amount of time to get to work and even do some!

[david13]

1. Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean your roof wont collapse. dc

[MrMickeysMom]

2. Aw, prarie shit... it won't collapse...

The economy... now THAT'S a collapsible subject.

And, according to Bill Nye, the Science Guy, it's the warm Pacific waters that are drawing up all the damn moisture that's falling all over the place. Global Climate Change, indeed.

Oh, and fuck you, Inhofe.

[MiddleFingerMom]

3. Paranoid about my roofies

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I'm pretty sure I'm slipping myself a roofie every night and, after
I pass out, I'm almost positive that I'm taking advantage of myself.
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The irony here is that, if I simply ASKED nicely, I'd give in without
the chemical supplements.
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Probably wouldn't hurt if I took myself out to dinner every once in
a while.
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Maybe compliment my own cooking.
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Maybe tell myself (even if I KNEW I was lying) that these adult diapers
do NOT make my ass look fat.
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Is that too much to ask?
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Strange. It's early and suddenly I'm very, very (yawn) fmocbnpewoppfmkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

[MadHound]

4. I doubt that it would collapse on you,

I live out where we get big snows once in a while and the roof handles them just fine. However if you have a saw, a few two by fours and access to the attic (underside of the roof) you could go up, cut the two by fours to size and use them to brace the roof.

You might just go up there anyway, check out your beams. If you've got cracks or bending, you've got problems.

[Monk06]

5. Why not throw a rope over the roof and a couple of people, one at each end,

to pull it across the roof and see if you can get
a mini avalanche happening.

[Kaleva]

7. Tie one end of rope to bumper of car, toss rope over roof...

tie the other end to your waist and wait for wife to get in car and drive off.

[Monk06]

8. That would work. I would only work once but it would work.

:rofl:

[Kaleva]

9. I read about such an incident in a news article

The guy wanted to do some work on his roof. For safety, he first tied a rope to the bumper of his car which was parked in the driveway and then tossed the rope up over the roof. He went up the ladders on the other side of the roof and tied the rope around his waist. His wife, unaware of what her husband was doing, went to the car to go shopping. She got in, started it up and began to drive down the drive but stopped when she heard screaming and yelling. She had dragged her hubby off the roof.

[Kaleva]

6. Hire a licensed builder to check if your roof was contructed to code.

In the meantime, you can inspect the rafters and trusses (if you have access to the attic) and check to see if they are bending downward or flexing to the side. If they are, get a hold of a reputable builder real fast.

Word of advice on shoveling roofs:

"“More people are injured or killed every year trying to shovel roofs than from roofs falling on them,” notes Adaire Chown, technical adviser to the National Building Code at the Institute for Research in Construction in Ottawa."

[Orsino]

10. Or a well-recommended home inspector. n/t