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Pastimes : Where the GIT's are going -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Oral Roberts who wrote (168655)	10/23/2008 12:09:10 PM
From: PatiBob	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 225578

Without tearing into it, the contractor and the roofer both agree that it's coming down between the chimney and the side of the house if that makes any sense to you. 1/4 of the top part, 6 rows I believe, have shifted/come loose etc. The ceramic top part was shattered and what's left was a jagged mess. They cleaned it up as best as they could. The bricks that surround that are still coming off if you put any weight on them. The roofers put in new joists around the chimney, new decking, the works but had to stop and seal up as best they could the area surrounding the portion of the chimney under the roof because the bricks are unstable. They believe that's where the water is coming in even though it's sealed off as best as they can in an unstable area. It's the opinion of our contractor and several other contractors that came to look at the damage that about 3/4's of the brick on the chimney, if not all of the brick, will have to come off in order to repair it properly. They are all in agreement that we should take all the brick off because it's a 36 year old brick and won't be easy to match. I have no idea what State Farm's estimate is on this job because they haven't been able to give us any numbers yet. What I can tell you is this, it's gonna cost money I don't have right now. I had to buy a new car the other day. Took the money the insurance company paid me, paid off what I owed on the Lexus(it was only a year old) and used that money to pay contractors with. We're robbing Peter to pay Paul which is not a good idea but one we thought was necessary in the interim to try and save our home from more damage.