I've blogged on and off about a new roof we need. Well, we've decided to bite the bullet, and get it done sooner rather than later.
We met with the roofer on Friday. He can get to it the first or second week of November. It's a metal roof, so we don't need the heat of summer to make the tar shingles stick better (or at least that't what I've heard you need with tar shingles.)
This mis not the best of moves financially. We will dry our saving almost completely up, with a very small EF. We did decide to peel $1,400 off the estimate by choosing against the standing seam roof, and for a barn-type metal.
My wife has been pushing for a new roof for a year now. I've been trying to hold off - we would have plenty saved if we waited until next March. But, alas, I've come to accept that it would be better to not endure another Michigan freeze-thaw cycle on this 25+ year roof.
So, November 2011 is a comprimise between October 2010 and March 2012. I'll still have two paydays (Sept. 30 and Oct. 31) to put some money away, but I'm afraid the well will be dry once we've paid for the roof.
We're going to bite the bullet!
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