My dad's garage used to have a big patch of moss growing on the roof shingles, before he put a metal roof on it. They were still there and evidently weathertight, though, just... mossy. :)

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>Step 1: The homeowner's insurance company insists that no repairs be
>conducted until their adjuster has had a chance to come and confirm
>for himself that, why yes, there are quite large holes in the
>roof, and someone really ought to fix that.
>
>Step 2: He doesn't get around to doing so for several days,
>during which it snows some more and covers up the holes. But that's
>OK, because the forecast is for a few days of above-freezing weather,
>so it'll melt.
>
>Step 3: ... Oh.
>
>Step 4: ???
>
>Step 5: Unsure, but I bet it isn't profit.
>
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Reasonably expectable conditions, at that. I'm surprised he didn't say, "Put a tarp over it until I get there, and use (insert appropriate method here) to keep it in place."

Peter Eng
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The roofer basically said, "Hell, I'm not going up there in winter just to put a tarp on it. Call me when you want me to actually fix it." Which is fair enough, really, when you consider the conditions.

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The roofer has a good point there. I'm still of the opinion that any added damages aren't your fault.

Peter Eng
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WARNING: DISCUSSION OF STUFF THAT GOES IN A SEWER LINE FOLLOWS

After it was painstakingly cleared out by a real plumber, replacement was deemed—somewhat to everyone's surprise—not necessary. It appears the blockage was caused by supposedly flushable toilet products that Aren't Really, getting entangled in some small roots in the line and then not biodegrading like they're supposed to. Once all of that was picked out of there and the roots cut back, it appeared that the Bad Plumber had not, in fact, managed to collapse the line after all. I've been advised to keep an eye on it ("uh, how?" is a fair question to which I don't have an answer) and not use those "flushable" products any more. (There are no trees anywhere along the line and haven't been for, oh, 30 years or more, so the original roots are unlikely to grow back.)

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