When we bought our house, we were aware that the roof would need to be replaced within the next various years.
Because of the age of the house and number of repairs and layers of the roof, we had no option but to unconnect the whole thing and start from scratch.
It was a legitimately high-priced, lengthy and invasive project, and I procrastinated for as long as possible. I waited until we were forced to site pots and pans under the drips from ceilings when it rained. I held off until I was finding shingles scattered across the grass after every storm, and eventually, I realized that I was going to be faced with structural damage if the roof wasn’t replaced, then as expected, the job was an aggravating mess. In the middle of August, with outside temperature in the upper eighties, we weren’t able to run the cooling system. The house was dirty, hot, sticky and overrun with bugs. The roofing dealers trampled the flowers in our gardens. My whole family was aggravated, sweaty and anxious for the project to be done with. When the dealers finally packed up their ladders and left, I assumed the cooling system would take the next 24 hours to cool the house down. Within a couple of hours, the cooling plan had achieved the thermostat setting, and since installing a new roof, I’ve observed a 20% reduction in our biweekly energy bills. The cooling system doesn’t need to run as long or work as strenuous in the summer. I spend our savings a lot less and yet the house is far warmer and more comfortable in the winter. There’s less wear and tear on the heating and cooling systems so they’ll most likely last longer and succumb to fewer repairs. I’ve even observed that the house stays cleaner now.