New Roof, Day 3

Just 10 months ago we put a new roof on 778 Boardman Road. That process took literally one day. We knew going into buying 1025 Pacific Terrace that it needed a new roof and, well, we are now 3 days into the process with at least 2 more to go.

The difference is, that the house in Aiken had one layer of shingles to remove and nothing else before laying down shingles because we took care of that house. The previous owners of this Klamath Falls house were not so diligent, I think they never took action until there was a problem.

At inspection we were told that there were two layers of shingles on the back and one on the front, turns out it was three and two. The the top layer in back was a lot newer and not in bad shape aside from the shoddy boots surrounding all the plumbing vents pipes. The front needed replacing badly as there was hardly any mineral left on the asphalt of the shingles. The hidden base layer was the actual original shingles installed on the house in 1964 when it was built 56 years ago!

The reason it is taking so long is those half a century old shingles don’t tear off like they should, they disintegrate, requiring 3 or 4 times longer to get off than usual. Add that to the time it is taking them to cut out all of the bad plywood sheathing, it is slow going. The whole roof is stripped finally and the back, the front half and half the gable side is repaired, but there is the other gable side still left to repair. Every bottom section of the sheathing has had to be replaced because when the bottom edge drip lip was installed it was put on top of the wood, instead of underneath, which led to water accumulation…

The last gable side is the one with the chimney in it and the guys have told us that the wood all around it will need to be replaced too. So the job won’t be done until at the earliest next Thursday because the work crew has some special training they need to attend that is in Grants Pass next Tuesday and Wednesday.

Garage Flooring Part 2A

Last Friday I went to the RaceDeck website and used their floor design tool. When I was done I clicked the Submit for Quote button. Like last time I did this we have revised the design a couple of times over the weekend, playing with the check size, adding more carpet pieces, etc. By Monday I had still not heard back about the request for a quote, so I started calculating costs based on the pricing I received back 2-1/2 years ago. In the end I have decided to keep those 24 carpet tiles in between the two “designated” parking areas, it didn’t seem like it was worth and extra $90 (in 2017 pricing) to buy the blue and silver free-flow tiles to make one big checked area.

After finalizing the design for the last time, I called the 1-800-NUMBER to go ahead and place my order. Turns out this is sort of a misnomer, the person who answered the phone was just a front person. She took my information and what I wanted to buy and said she’d be passing it along to a Sales Representative and they would get back to me. Twenty-four hours later – crickets… I’m not real sure, but I think this might have been the way it went in July 2017 too.

Garage Flooring Part Two

The new house has a two-car garage compared to our old one-car back in Aiken. When we moved, I packed up the RaceDeck tiles and brought them with us. I had tossed a few of them out that I had to cut up to fit around the cabinets we had in Aiken.

Today we had a nice sunny mid-forties day, so this afternoon I backed the Mini out of the garage and installed the tiles that I brought with us for it to park on. The existing free flow tiles will help hide the water we are bringing in with us when we have been driving on the snowy roads. Because the Miata is just sitting for now, water is not a problem, yet.

Tomorrow we will order the flooring for the other half of the garage. The one side of the garage is deeper than the other because somewhere along the way a previous owner stole several feet to add a downstairs bathroom. The deeper side is even deeper than the RaceDeck flooring will go and that is where there is a workbench and shelving for tools and storage.


This is what it looks like now.

This is what it will look like finished.

Out For Delivery

Shipped with UPS
Tracking ID: 1Z814VE60227630000

Wednesday, January 15
4:26 AM Package has left the carrier facility
Roseburg, OR US
8:19 AM Package arrived at a carrier facility
Klamath Falls, OR US
8:55 AM Out for delivery
Klamath Falls, OR US
8:00 PM Delay in delivery due to weather or natural disaster
Klamath Falls, OR US

Thursday, January 16
6:47 AM Out for delivery
Klamath Falls, OR US
8:00 PM Delay in delivery due to weather or natural disaster
Klamath Falls, OR US

Friday, January 17
6:30 AM Out for delivery
Klamath Falls, OR US
8:00 PM Delay in delivery due to weather or natural disaster
Klamath Falls, OR US

Monday, January 20
6:37 AM Out for delivery
Klamath Falls, OR US
8:00 PM Delay in delivery due to weather or natural disaster
Klamath Falls, OR US

Tuesday, January 21
5:58 AM Out for delivery
Klamath Falls, OR US
3:55 PM Available for pickup
Klamath Falls, OR US

Last Sunday, the 12th, we ordered three items on Amazon. The order was broken into two shipments. Two items were Prime and scheduled for delivery on Thursday the 16th (so much for 2-Day Delivery) and the third was non-Prime and scheduled to be delivered between Thursday the 16th and tomorrow the 22nd.

When I checked on the Prime shipment last Wednesday I was surprised that it showed Out for Delivery. For two reasons, one: it was a day early and two: we had 4-5 inches of snow overnight Tuesday. We of course went nowhere on Wednesday. We did see a UPS truck deliver a package across the street in the afternoon and we did get our regular USPS mail delivered. But at the end of the day, no UPS package from Amazon.

On Thursday we still didn’t drive anywhere, but we did walk the mile and a quarter one-way downtown to the Post Office to check the box and on the way back stopped for a lunch of pizza at Rodeos Pizza & Saladeria. In the afternoon we saw a UPS truck deliver across the street again and a neighbor got a FedEx delivery. And again at the end of the day, no Prime package.

On Friday the non-Prime package came via our regular USPS mail carrier. UPS was again a no show. I tried calling the 1-800 number for UPS and after 2 attempts of dealing with the AI gatekeeper I finally got a human who could only tell me basically regurgitate what the website tracking info page was saying.

Monday we got an email from Amazon with an encouraging sentiment, it said, “Your package with Dunkin Donuts Dunkin Decaf… and 1 more item will be delivered today.” No it didn’t.

Today we drove over to the local UPS distribution center because it also has a three hour a day Customer Service desk. We spoke with a person there and they got in contact with the driver and we were told that he does have our package on the truck and he would try and get it to us today. If not she would hold it there and we could come get it tomorrow. The issue was the truck drivers, ever since the big snowfall last week have had a 7:00 PM curfew for their safety. Once the sun has been down a couple hours the temps have dropped enough that the snowy or slushy or wet roads become icy.

A little after seven this evening a UPS truck stopped at our house with the long delayed package was delivered.