Re-Construction / repair photos
Here are SOME pictures of SOME of the damage caused by the 4/16 storm that ripped off 1/2 of our roof. I do not show or describe ALL the damage, this is just representative of it. Red dots on the walls represent some of the wettest areas as determined by the drying company.
View from the street of the roof etc. Notice the tarp
This is the front lawn after the storm. This represents about 1/3 of the ripped off material. It took me 4 hours to clean up most of this from the front, side and back lawn. I still have tarpaper spread over about 3 acres of our property to pick up
Here's two of the rear roof. The far away one I took the day after the storm and the close one I took on 4/20. 3/4 of the asphalt was ripped off along with all the drip edge and flashing and some trim. The asphalt is 100% gone from the brick chimney-to the left and then it angles from that chimney to the block chimney. The rest of the roof has large hunks missing (but not leaking). The plywood decking on the bottom 1/2 has holes where ring nails were used and ripped out. The top 1/2 seems ok.
This is the block chimney for the furnace. When the roof and a full length piece of flashing/drip edge ripped off it struck the chimney breaking the mortar and loosening 2 flue tiles (see mortar gap about 2 blocks down). Water ran down the side of the chimney and inside the wall and loosened clapboards and ripped off paint
This shows the clapboard where water was pouring out of the attic through and the facia board ripped partially off when the flashing/dripedge and roof was peeled off.
Here is the ouside wall after the clapboards and vapor barrier were removed showing the water stains. The insulation inside the wall was soaked and in a lump at the base of the walls.(notice the metal is now temporarily tacked on to the roof awaiting final screwing down after the wall is done)
Here is one of the kitchen ceiling stains. There are several similar ones scatter across the kitchen/dining area.Water also ran down the inside of 2 walls in the kitchen. The kitchen is directly below the master bedroom
This is the office, now called the tropical rain forest. The entire ceiling was wet to the touch and the tape peeled off. Water ran down 3 walls like a waterfall and in the closet too. It peeled off the paint and/or bubbled up under it like a water balloon. The floor had 1/4" of standing water in it that leaked into the basement. The office is directly below the upstairs bathroom and hall. This is a stern reminder to NOT have stacks of "stuff" on your desk. EVERYTHING on the desktop was ruined- forms, bills, notes about various things, some dog certificates and more. Some can be replaced but some stuff cannot. Twenty-two years worth of dog show ribbons and photos were on the wall and many received water stains but luckily since we were home, they did not get destroyed, they are totally irreplaceable. They were the FIRST thing evacuated from the room!
These are representative of the livingroom ceiling. water dripped through in more than 1/2 the living room, ran down 2 walls and pooled on the floor in 3 places and ran down the hearth bricks too. The livingroom is directly below the large bedroom.
These are representative of the ceiling and wall stains/damage in the master bedroom. There are several more stains and more keep appearing due to the wet insulation in the ceiling above. Water ran down the wall outside and under the paint and wall paper. The floor was very wet at the wall base and across the room in one area
This is the upstairs bathroom. I can't take enough pictures of this room to show the damage. Water ran down inside and outside all 4 walls and through the door trim. basically it leaked everywhere. The ceiling also shows more spots daily due to wet insulation in the ceiling. paint and calking are coming off everywhere at the ceiling wall joints.
This is the hallway outside of the bathroom. water came through the ceiling and ran down the walls. The floor was saturated
Another room difficult to get enough pictures of is the large bedroom. The ceiling was white after the storm but the wet insulation is seeping through and making the ceiling stain ALL over. All 4 walls are very wet inside and the closet is one large stain with the closet ceiling chipping off. The rug somehow never got wet!
