Hail Storm

We had an incredible hail storm in May. The hail was so large and was coming down so hard ...and sideways... that we were worried it was going to crash through the windows of the house. When it was over, the hail completely covered the ground and there was still hail on the ground the next morning. We spent days cleaning up the debris (limbs and leaves knocked out of the trees) from the yard that was so thick you couldn't see the driveway. It caused severe damage to all of our vehicles, the roof -including the garage and kitchen addition that had just been built- the metal fascia and trim on the left side of house and garage and mangled the gutters installed one week prior.

We found a great roofing contractor: D.R. Thomas Construction. A day after signing the contract, he had someone out here replacing the metal work and the shingles were delivered a day after that. This guy inspects the work at least once per day. He even requires the guys to hang around at the end of the day so he can come back and inspect the clean up job before they leave for the day. The top photo shows how they left at the end of the day - all the shingles were toted up to the ridge to begin the next day. The 78 year old contractor's motto is "I'm gonna burn out, not rust out." . The general contractor that built the garage and kitchen addition could learn a LOT from this guy. They finished up the roof while we were in Florida and cleaned up the mess even though we weren't here to point at what they missed --unlike the other contractor.