So we are officially in winter out in California, which means it is 55 and raining. This morning we woke up at a more leisurely pace as we were going to work from home in the morning before an ultrasound around noon. As I made my way downstairs to cook us some breakfast, I happened to look up and notice that our skylight above the stairs had a leak in it. Ughs.
Tim got up on the roof this morning and started futzing around with the skylight. It turns out that there were a number of screws holding the seal that had rotted out or were in the process of doing so. On our way to the ultrasound, we made a brief (think of us in a box store at a trot through the aisles) stop to get some items to fix it up.
We then had the ultrasound (Monday is great!) and came home to fix it up. The rain cleared and Tim was up on the roof again. He's done his best to reseal, but we need to see what the deal is after the rain comes again. Thankfully, it is coming soon so we should get a sense of our success by tomorrow morning. If this hasn't worked, we're left with professional roofers, and our first hit to the pocket book (after the big and obvious purchase one) since we moved. Oh well, these are the joys of it all, and I would rather be here than anywhere else in the world.
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Maybe raining in the kitchen is a family thing .... ? :-) -Pito
Looks as though the sealing exercise has worked. Another heavy rain last night and no leak or dampness. We'll give it a bit more time before priming and painting.
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