And... MORE problems
The roof is still leaking. I haven't found the leaks yet, but they're up there somewhere... and it's going to ruin a lot of things (like expensive books) if we don't find them. We have three or four leaks that I know of (each where a oak branch had smashed down on the roof - but I can't find where the water is getting past the patches
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I learned that there are a number of places where the shingles had been hit (and 'crunched') but no visible holes through them - caused by the branches hitting the roof. The roller, as painfully hard as it was to use (physically tiring), revealed a lot of such spots to me. Indeed, you could almost tell exactly where the limbs had fallen... but without the paint revealing the dimpled areas, you couldn't really see them. The holes matched up with the dented-in areas of the roof AND with the dimpled areas - in lines just where I know the limbs hit (they'd shattered on impact and left chunks of wood and so on where they'd come down).
I also suspect that the manufacturer used particle board (or chip-board) for the foundation layer of the roof, rather than good plywood. Knowing the company, I would not be surprised (they sold this place as having all hardwood cabinets to the couple that sold it to us - but they're made out of hardwood-sawdust PARTICLE BOARD). There are areas where the roof felt soft - often right around or right down-roof of the 'crunched' areas. I'm almost scared to get up there again, but I need to put an additional layer of sealant paint on those crunched areas. We've GOT to get the leaks stopped.
I hope that the money from the house up north comes through soon - we need at least a new roof and a new shed for my tools. Maybe a new mobile home altogether.
I have an airless sprayer (my dad's actually, but he never uses it and gave it to me (on the condition that if he needed to borrow it, he could) and was going to try that, but wouldn't you know... after I got it working and cleaned out, and the leaks almost all stopped - the motor stopped running. SIGH. It never seems to end!
This is the first week of classes - I'm glad I don't have classes that I HAVE to attend during the first week - I need to get this done before the next big rain!
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