What a way to spend a Sunday!
Around 9 this morning, we heard a huge boom and the house shook!!! I thought maybe a gas line blew or something. I open the front door to find that one of the main branches of an enormous cottonwood tree had fallen on the house. No wind, no storm, though we had had lots of rain the last couple of days.
This is my boyfriend to show the size of the branch that fell.
It tore up the brand new gutter and facsia as well as ripping the soffit off of the northwest end of the house. Insurance will cover the repairs. In fact the emergency restoration folks are out here now... and the remnants of Ike are making it a wet operation.
Here's the damage to the gutter, fascia and soffit - there is also internal damage to the roof structure and a stress crack on the interior soffit in the living room, which is the room underneath where the tree came down.
Sigh...
There's $1,000 deductible on the insurance policy.
The other issue I need to look into is whether or not this tree is on easement... I believe it is, which means it may be the township's problem to take it down. The twp may also be liable for the damage. I may have a fight on my hands. Anyone know a good lawyer?
In the meantime, I had to get this rolling otherwise the impending rain would be a HUGE problem!
Another sigh.....
OK - why did only one of the PB images come out the correct size!!!?????? ARGH!!!
Around 9 this morning, we heard a huge boom and the house shook!!! I thought maybe a gas line blew or something. I open the front door to find that one of the main branches of an enormous cottonwood tree had fallen on the house. No wind, no storm, though we had had lots of rain the last couple of days.
This is my boyfriend to show the size of the branch that fell.
It tore up the brand new gutter and facsia as well as ripping the soffit off of the northwest end of the house. Insurance will cover the repairs. In fact the emergency restoration folks are out here now... and the remnants of Ike are making it a wet operation.
Here's the damage to the gutter, fascia and soffit - there is also internal damage to the roof structure and a stress crack on the interior soffit in the living room, which is the room underneath where the tree came down.
Sigh...
There's $1,000 deductible on the insurance policy.
The other issue I need to look into is whether or not this tree is on easement... I believe it is, which means it may be the township's problem to take it down. The twp may also be liable for the damage. I may have a fight on my hands. Anyone know a good lawyer?
In the meantime, I had to get this rolling otherwise the impending rain would be a HUGE problem!
Another sigh.....
OK - why did only one of the PB images come out the correct size!!!?????? ARGH!!!