Kansas Crimson

jhawks99 wrote: ↑Thu May 11, 2023 10:04 pm I think it's a chupacabra

TDub wrote: ↑Sat May 13, 2023 2:37 pm It seems all I do is mow and weedeat, and spray and plant and move animals around and build shelters and repair fences and fix irrigation.....and at the end of each day the list of things to do has somehow gotten longer haha

DrPepper wrote: ↑Thu May 18, 2023 11:10 am Y''ll remember that a tree that fell on my house in a blizzard? Well, a roofing crew finally got around to replacing half the roof yesterday (a lot of roofs needed work). It was one of the neighbor's fir trees that fell, and a little branch poked through the roof (it looks like a knife handle sticking out). Anyway, I was only having half the roof done because insurance is paying for that half of the roof, it is only a 12-year old roof, and I don't have the funds to blow on a 12-year old roof that does not need redone now.
The roofers were supposed to do the work on Tuesday. They got hung up on an earlier job so my job got moved to Wednesday. That is understandable. I don't hear from them on Wednesday, so I figure they never came. But when I get home on Wednesday, their pile of materials (shingles, etc) is gone and there is a trailer of old shingles and crap in my driveway. There is still a tree limb sticking 4 inches out of my roof, so I am perplexed. I walk around to the the other side of the house and see the heavy foot wear in the grass and that stuff has been moved around on my deck. Folks, they re-roofed the wrong side of my house. I called and left a message, asking for a status report. I figure the head honcho would know there was a mistake when he went to check the job. He calls back and asks me how I like the new roof. So I tell him they did the wrong side. I do not know how to be irate in person. I tell him it is a fortunate thing it is a fixable mistake. Today he calls me. He wants to meet to discuss how to go forward, blah blah, this is 100% his mistake, blah blah, but is very expensive. He is going to try to get some money out of me.

DrPepper wrote: ↑Thu May 18, 2023 1:39 pm Were they that dumb or was this intentional to try and weasel me out of more money? I am not sure I want them back on my property. If I tell them I am not giving them anything more, do they do a shitty job fixing the correct side and cut corners to try to recoup some of their costs? Perhaps, since I have only given them $100 thus far, I should try to cancel the contract (not sure that is allowed), and go with another company.

pdub wrote: ↑Thu May 18, 2023 2:39 pm What if they come back and say it really was a bad mistake and they'll do the other half for just the material cost?

jhawks99 wrote: ↑Fri May 19, 2023 8:47 am I am curious what the insurance company says.

When we were in our 1st house, our neighbor Ray owned a roofing company. He had some trouble paying taxes and I think he lost his license so anything he did was on the downlow. Ray was a character and the nicest guy in the world unless you pissed him off. Then he had to fight you. Ray is about 5'6" and I don't think he ever lost a fight, except maybe against one of his brothers. He grew up with a single mom and 12 brothers in a single wide in Olathe. There are lots of great Ray stories, I wish he was still my neighbor.

We had some hail and Ray said he saw some issues with our shingles. Insurance company agreed, we picked out new shingles and scheduled Ray to do the work. When he got to the end, the shingles dye did not match up with the first ones he laid. No one but him ever would have noticed. Ray ripped 'em all off, took them back, got new ones and laid the new roof the same day.