MONEY PIT (part 6)

ABOVE THE BAY ON THE  HOUSE WHERE THE GARBAGE CANS WERE STORED WAS A SMALL ROOF THAT BECAME A BIG BIG PROBLEM. 

THERE WAS A LEAK AND A HUGE BUBBLE FORMED BENEATH THE ACOUSTIC CEILING THAT WAS LATEX PAINTED. I ENDED UP TEARING THE PORTION OUT ABOVE THE BAY AND WE HIRED A ROOFER TO COME IN AND FIX THE LEAK. HE COULDN'T TELL FROM INSIDE AND CLIMBED OUT FROM THE MIDDLE ROOM ON OUR THIRD FLOOR. HE DISCOVERED THERE WAS A YANKEE GUTTER (TARRED OVER TWO BY FOURS THAT GUIDE WATER TO DOWNSPOUTS) THAT RAN THE LENGTH OF THAT SMALL ROOF AND THAT IT SIMPLY NEEDED TARRING. IT WAS ACTUALLY A TROUGH IN THIS CASE, THAT LED TO ALUMINIUM GUTTER THAT RAN TO THE FRONT AND BACKS OF THE HOUSE. WE HAD A DRY SPELL AND THEN SOME LIGHT RAIN, AND THERE WAS NO LEAK. SO, WE WENT OUT AND BOUGHT SOME TONGUE AND GROOVE ACOUSTIC PLANKS THAT I INSTALLED. THE CEILING LOOKED GREAT! 
THEN, WE HAD A SOAKING RAIN AND BUCKETS OF WATER RAINED DOWN IN OUR DINING ROOM. I CALLED BACK THE ROOFER AND HE ONCE AGAIN TARRED, THINKING IT WAS JUST THAT ONE AREA, BUT, NOOOO... I HAD TO RIP QUITE A FEW OF MY PLANKS DOWN. BY THIS TIME THE ROOFER WAS GETTING PISSED, BUT CAME ANYWAY, THREW A LITTLE MORE TAR DOWN AND WASHED HIS HANDS OF OUR PROBLEM. 
THIS IS WHEN RON STEPPED IN AND TOLD US THAT BY ADDING MORE TAR IT WAS ONLY MAKING THE PROBLEM WORSE BECAUSE THE TAR WAS ACTING LIKE A SPONGE AND NOT DOING THE JOB. I ASKED IF HE COULD JUST DO AWAY WITH THE YANKEE GUTTER AND JUST LET THE RAIN FLOW OFF OF THE SMALL ROOF. RON DID THE JOB AND IT SOLVED THAT PROBLEM. OF COURSE I HAD TO PUT AN OPEN GARBAGE CAN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE GABLE, EVERY TIME IT RAINED. BUT, HEY, THAT WAS BETTER THAN DINING AL FRESCO. I WAS ABLE TO MATCH UP THE TONGUE AND GROOVE PLANKS AND REFIT THEM ONTO THE CEILING. BUT, WHAT A PAIN IN THE ASS THAT WAS!  tmp