Ice storm hits home .. literally! [View All]

[DemoTex]

I guess we won't be moving into the 100 year-old prairie-style house that we have been renovating. Not for a few more weeks, anyway. We have a tree on the house and major water damage inside. My painting contractor called me about 11 this morning with the bad news.

Fortunately, there was a tree guy a few doors down responding to a neighbor's massive damage from a big oak felled by the ice. Tree-guy can remove the tree from my house tomorrow morning. My painting contractor's crew will put a tarp over the roof, and he has already lined-up carpenters and roofers. I filed an insurance claim this afternoon, and the insurance adjuster has already approved payment for tree removal. So I am light-years ahead of many people around here with ice storm damage.


Roof damage


Front yard


My street