kyrsyan
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Slight detour - I'm going to keep laughing every time I see that replacement symbol for the help prefix.
Okay. Yesterday we were cleaning up some shrubs and baby trees. Actually, we were taking the bloody things out completely and if they poke their heads again, I will use extra strength Round Up. I'm done with those things. And the compost pile is moving there.
Anyways, I digress. When we got to the stuff closest to the house we found that a tree limb had come down and just hung in the shrubs/tree, and on part of the roof. Just the edge of the roof. But apparently old age, the nasty weather, and the tree limb was enough to knock the 2x4 that was on the edge for the soffit. The roof edge is actually still sound but is "bending" a hair. This is a "flat" roof section. Not completely flat but really, really shallow angle.
The roof was replace 5 years ago. Why this particular 2x4 was not replaced then, I have no clue. Can I carefully remove the 2x4 and soffit siding pieces? Then replace the 2x4 and put the soffit siding pieces back? We're not actually sure why the soffit siding pieces are there since there's not direct attic, or even non direct attic access there. But if I can salvage them, I'll put them back. If it can be done.
So can it be done? Are there videos that I can watch to make it so I'm not doing this from a quite clueless standpoint?
No insurance will not cover this. And don't even get me started on trying to get the roofer to honor his warranty. He had a really good BBB rating when we hired him. He no longer does.
Okay. Yesterday we were cleaning up some shrubs and baby trees. Actually, we were taking the bloody things out completely and if they poke their heads again, I will use extra strength Round Up. I'm done with those things. And the compost pile is moving there.
Anyways, I digress. When we got to the stuff closest to the house we found that a tree limb had come down and just hung in the shrubs/tree, and on part of the roof. Just the edge of the roof. But apparently old age, the nasty weather, and the tree limb was enough to knock the 2x4 that was on the edge for the soffit. The roof edge is actually still sound but is "bending" a hair. This is a "flat" roof section. Not completely flat but really, really shallow angle.
The roof was replace 5 years ago. Why this particular 2x4 was not replaced then, I have no clue. Can I carefully remove the 2x4 and soffit siding pieces? Then replace the 2x4 and put the soffit siding pieces back? We're not actually sure why the soffit siding pieces are there since there's not direct attic, or even non direct attic access there. But if I can salvage them, I'll put them back. If it can be done.
So can it be done? Are there videos that I can watch to make it so I'm not doing this from a quite clueless standpoint?
No insurance will not cover this. And don't even get me started on trying to get the roofer to honor his warranty. He had a really good BBB rating when we hired him. He no longer does.