hallelujah for hail!

I'm getting a new roof!
I had been concerned about having the work done in this time of the threat of COVID-19, but I won't be letting anyone in the house, so I will be safe.
Tinker Covington, my liaison with the roofing company, has proved today that she can, and will, practice safe social distancing with me.
She had first knocked on my door on Saturday, February 22.
She had seen hail damage on my roof and stopped by to offer a free assessment.
I know, it sounds questionable, but for one thing: that's the same type of work my sister-in-law's son, Cole, does down in Florida.
So, I let her whip out her ladder and check it out.
Next thing I knew, we were on the phone to my homeowner's insurance company to make the claim and await an adjuster.
That took quite a bit of time, as it turned out.
It seems the adjuster only came to Savannah on Wednesdays.
February 26 was rainy, so no assessment possible; same for March 4.
The third week's Wednesday dawned sunny and warm -
That made March 11 good to go!

Fortunately, Meg Hagan was running late that morning, so I had my coffee before she got here.
She was not only the insurance adjuster, but also would be my claims agent.
She's the brunette up on the roof, and that's Tinker behind her, helping her put chalk marks on the hail damaged shingles.
There were quite a few up there!
A drone took photos of all of it and they were both gone within an hour.
Meg would put together a report and be in contact with me about the claim.
Then, of course, came the SARS-CoV-2 across the oceans to our shores, starting with the call from Paul in Oakland, California, which was about to go into shelter in place mode.
When I had not heard anything from the insurance folks after a week, I thought maybe the claim had been put on hold.
Nope, not so.
I received the assessment by email late on Friday, March 20.
I had responded, by email, to both meg and Tinker that I would read it over the weekend.
Meg called on Monday, March 23, and we discussed it, then I talked with Tinker about it.
Tuesday, March 24, I spoke to Meg again and she clarified the assessment.
Yes, the insurance company was covering the total cost, including the depreciation value for my 18+ years old roof, as well as the new improvements to bring the roof up to housing code.
I was only responsible for paying my deductible.
Wow!
Such good news!!!

After all these years, my house would have a new roof!!!
Tinker came by that very afternoon, with samples of the six colors of the GAF Royal Sovereign 3-tab shingles.
I had already looked online and narrowed it down to Weathered Gray or Golden Cedar.
The latter was my favorite, by far!
That's it on the right, practically glowing, with bits of dark red that look great with the brick on the front of my house, while the gold goes quite nicely with the tile siding on the rest of the house.
I signed the contract with Armor Exteriors, gave Tinker the partial payment from Travelers Insurance, and now await a date for the work to begin.
Royal Sovereign Golden Cedar...
yes, indeed, I love the name of that color!
Who knows?
With it being such a lighter color, my house may actually be cooler this summer.
I'll certainly hope for that!
Meanwhile...
Royal Sovereign Golden Cedar...
looking like wet beach sand shining in the sun...
oh, yeah!
i thank You, God!