Friday, December 26, 2008

Good ears!

Gregg's just cleaning up from an unexpected trip out on the roof of the porch tonight! Good news is it's 40 degrees out; bad news is the ice is backed up on the roof and now melting, and water found its way into the house.

Gregg was in the living room and heard a dripping sound. Thought it was the clock, thought is was the TV, investigated more and found a little puddle on the floor under the front window; water dripping in through the wall above.
An hour later, he's removed the windows in the upstairs bedroom and climbed out on the roof!! YIKES!!! He cleared 1/2 of the porch roof of snow and chipped a big hunk of ice off the roof. A generous application of ice melt, windows replaced; blood pressure approaching normal.....

Just goes to show, it pays to pay attention, even to little noises.
photos courtesy of the net

2 comments:

Sarah said...

Must be running in the family. Our glub, glub sound from the basement toilet has turned into a backed up drain. Ray is on the way to Home Depot for a snake as we speak!

GreggR said...

Sorry to hear about your drain troubles.
Hope that it's OK by now.
In Minoan culture, backed up drains bode well for a good new year.