This Old Hovel

So we're finally getting our roof replaced.

Why?

Because it was fucked up. See below for more:
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ome of those images show a hint of the destruction. The roof joists ("joyces," as one of the roofers insists on calling them) were actually resting on the ceiling rafters of the rooms below. Of course, that's to be expected - the house is 100 years old, and those roof joists are original to the structure.

In the fourth image you can see some of the old insulators that were put in when the house was wired for electricity in the 1920s - look at the joist in the center. Those things are part of old-school "knob and tube" wiring. Ask your grandparents. Then ask them how, later, man discovered fire.

Some of the original decking was salvaged, and the joists were sistered to new beams.
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And, of course, the old roofing had to go:
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All this for only 4 grand.