Voodoo Contracting

Despite my admonishments to leave it alone, my wife has apparently resorted to voodoo to bend contractors to her will. I have no other explanation for our recent bit of good luck.

It recently came to our attention that the Queen's bay window was never properly shingled. It appears that our roofer forgot about it. It wasn't a big or difficult job, so I don't think he was avoiding it. Fortunately, there were two or three layers of tar paper offering some protection. So, how did we miss it? Unless you wander into the thick jungle of our front yard and climb a tree, it is nearly impossible to see the bay window's roof from the ground. We should have used a ladder to check it when the roof was put on, but what can I say? We were young and stupid, now we know better (?). From what we can tell, the tar paper protected it pretty well, so no major damage was done. Lucky for us, we've had a lot harder lessons.

Monday night my wife called a roofer referred to us by Jeff at Rideout Lumber (Jeff has been an invaluable resource, he knows everyone). The contractor agreed to take the job at 9PM. At 10AM Tuesday he called to let us know it was finished.

I'm still in shock. We've never had this kind of turnaround on a job before. Admittedly, it was a small job, but they actually came, did what they were supposed to, and finished it (yes, we did check this time). Only black magic can account for that kind of job performance.

Need some root-work done on your contractors? Ask nice and I'll put in a good word for you with the Mrs.



And, thank you to everyone for their input regarding HVAC systems. It has been very useful.