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And I wonder why I do everything myself!

747mopar

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I'm a gluten for punishment! When I first got married I hadn't really established myself, lived in a trailer, didn't have a whole lot so stretching my money was key meaning doing everything myself. We built our home from the basement to the top, no contractors, rebuilt salvaged cars, etc. I'm not complaining because it resulted in us being debt free with more than we could otherwise afford.

Fast forward to today where time is flying by because of me taking on to much (constantly working)... I'm wanting to slow down and enjoy the simple things and start farming some of this out. So our roof is in need of replacement and I tell the wife.. I ain't doing it! Just had our first quote for a new metal roof, I just threw out a guess to the wife of $15,000? Yeah right, 31,000!!!:eek:

Looks like I'll be eating that "I ain't doing it"! How do people do it? We borrowed $35,000 to build our home, $31,000 just for a roof!
 
ya everyone wants to get rich on every job they do , you'll probably go out and buy all the materials for under 5 grand without the discount they get , how does that make sense
 
Not cheap. Our metal roof was $75,000. I couldn't do it. Make the call, write the check. (my new motto)
Here's a video of our new roof.

 
roofing has gone crazy there all over the place 45x65 barn metal up to 35000.00+ and 25000.00 shingles and no cutters included and I question them stripping down and what is going to be under layment and they go nuts o as for the house also most the same and when covid hit boy did the prices go sky high and trying to scheduling when ever down the ,in a holding pattern right now ,I did the last roofing on both but at my age wife doesn't wont it to happen. ask dadsbee what his cost ,ask if there insured to
 
As I get older I find myself doing less of the jobs I don't want to do or just can't do! Roofing is a young man's job, I did plenty of it when I was younger. Realizing your limitations as you age can be difficult. I watched my father go through this. He would tell me "My mind can do anything son, but this old body can't" how true those words are to me today! 440'
 
Everything has gone crazy. They won't be happy till they stall the economy and then complain about business being down. I live in a new development and things have just about come to a crawl. They said there are somethings they simply can't get and are on long term backorder, wasn't like that a few years ago. I think they're trying to make up for last year by screwing us this year, in some cases.
 
Materials are extremely expensive as opposed to 10 years ago.

labor isn’t cheap either. If you find cheap labor, that’s because the provider isn’t qualified
 
I too, built my house froM the ground up. I physically built it, didn’t have it done by others.

I too, could never afford what I have, except I do everything myself.

I built mine in 2005 / 2006.
It would cost me double to do it today.
 
As I get older I find myself doing less of the jobs I don't want to do or just can't do! Roofing is a young man's job, I did plenty of it when I was younger. Realizing your limitations as you age can be difficult. I watched my father go through this. He would tell me "My mind can do anything son, but this old body can't" how true those words are to me today! 440'
When i read this, i had to check your age. I'm 57, and feel the same way. I recently bought a truck to fix up & flip. Now, i've decided to sell it as is.
 
I too, built my house froM the ground up. I physically built it, didn’t have it done by others.

I too, could never afford what I have, except I do everything myself.

I built mine in 2005 / 2006.
It would cost me double to do it today.
I wasn't to far out in front of you, 2002 I believe? Concrete was $55 a yard at that time.
 
I'm 56, still doing everything myself.......have a nephew who is capable, we help each other out on stuff

it's not just how much things cost, I simply do not trust anyone to do anything!
 
I'm 56, still doing everything myself.......have a nephew who is capable, we help each other out on stuff

it's not just how much things cost, I simply do not trust anyone to do anything!
I did that for years, again I agree.
 
ya everyone wants to get rich on every job they do , you'll probably go out and buy all the materials for under 5 grand without the discount they get , how does that make sense
I have 4 more contractors coming so I'll find out soon enough. Just looking at the facia quote was :eek:. I have 3 gable ends that I don't like, the facia didn't have ribs so it oil canned so I asked them to quote replacing them.. just that alone was $1,200! Let's be honest, that's what 3hrs work tops, less if you have a lift?

I don't know, I'll wait before I start judging. I don't know what it cost them to dispose of the old roofing either or what the material cost is yet but I know the house will be a bitch to do.
 
I just don't have the strength I had even a year ago. Putting the wheels and tires on my one-ton felt like I was doing it on a semi-tractor. The one-ton project will likely be my last big project vehicle. Keeping up with that D300, the Coronet and the Imperial is all I need these days. I had started on the front brakes on the D300 the other day, and said "Eff this!", so it's going to a friends' hot rod shop next week. He has the lift, the tools and the ability to get it done. The goal is three I can drive nearly anywhere I want to go, anytime. The truck is the only one not to that point yet.

And you can't pay me to get on a damned ladder or a roof! I found that gravity does, indeed, work as advertised when I rolled off a roof, putting up Christmas lights in 1994. Landed on the grass, but my head ended up an inch or so from a large landscaping rock. Hello...Death?
 
I'm 56, still doing everything myself.......have a nephew who is capable, we help each other out on stuff

it's not just how much things cost, I simply do not trust anyone to do anything!
I'm 45 and still very much capable, my problem is it hasn't stopped in the last 20 years. I'm burned out on working 48-50 a week then coming home to more of it.
 
When we're young and can work, but don't have any money, we do it all, but when we are old and can't work, we pay all we saved,,, right on down the line, to the nursing homes.
 
in the past month, I rebuilt the top end of my air compressor and gave it some much needed love..... house A/C puked on the hottest day, troubleshoot and repair was down for less than a day, while messing with A/C I discovered water heater leaking. installed a new one........ how much did I save? the A/C issue was a major hosing waiting to happen
 
I'm 45 and still very much capable, my problem is it hasn't stopped in the last 20 years. I'm burned out on working 48-50 a week then coming home to more of it.

suck it up..... it never ends........it also keeps you moving
 
Not cheap. Our metal roof was $75,000. I couldn't do it. Make the call, write the check. (my new motto)
Here's a video of our new roof.


That is absolutely beautiful, beautiful home!!! I can see a roof like that not being cheap at all, lots of little pieces and fragile pieces at that.
 
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