Flat Roof Update

Today I had a helpful guy from Scott Roofing Services come check out our flat roof on the back and our little roof over the front door. The problems:

--> The tiny roof over the front door has wooden gutters with no place for the water to go, so the water/ice is bursting through the wooden moulding, causing some damage. We're not sure how to fix this, although someone has suggested we put a rubber roof over the whole thing, gutters and all

--> The flat roof on the back shows some leakage around the edges -- basically, the fascia boards underneath it (around the back porch) are rotting in sereral places. These rotted spots provide prime entry points for, oh, say, a flying squirrel or two. Or four.

--> There's a spot in the dining room (below the flat roof) where there was clearly once a leak. While it is no longer active, we don't know how much or what kind of repair job was done on it.

--> As per our infrared pictures, the point where the flat roof joins the rest of the house has an air leak -- it needs to be insulated and sealed to prevent things like frozen pipes in the upstairs bathroom.

Of course, there's too much snow around to get a good look at everything, but he did have some good news: the main problem with the flat roof on the back is probably only with the metal flashing around the edge. This should be much less expensive than a whole new roof. He'll have to come back after the snow melts, but for now, we're pleased to be on top of this project.

In other news, 83 Durant has set a new record: we had 40 people in the house on St. Patrick's Day. It was great. The avalanche of food was matched only by the avalanche of snow that fell from our slate roof -- amazing!