When we last left off, Jeff had installed the new carriage lights on either side of the garage door and I had a new door on order, to replace the cracked one. Here's the before shot:
New lights, old door, old roof.
We went with something different - a black garage door, with long panels instead of the shorter ones you see in the before shot:
New door, so fancy! We also got a new garage door opener and man is it ever quiet. Paco is constantly getting surprised when Jeff comes home as his first alert - the noisy garage door opening - is in stealth mode now.
Here's how it looked after it was installed:
I can see where I need to pressure wash the left side of the bricks - our garbage cans are normally over there so somehow that caused the difference in color.
In the midst of this, we had that really bad hail storm that necessitated a new roof. While I wasn't thrilled about having to do that on top of all the other renovations, the fact is that the roof was nearing the end of its lifespan, and getting a new one for the cost of our deductible was a lot better than having to pay for the entire thing outright.
Our roofing salesman suggested getting a black roof to match our new front door and garage door; I hadn't thought about that, but we drove around and looked at new black roofs on white houses and were sold on the idea. We had to wait on getting the roof until the crew was finished working on the inside, but finally, about four weeks ago, it happened:
The teardown - my gosh, it was messy! There were tarps laid out everywhere that they were throwing the old shingles - but they were already completely covered in this shot.
The dump trailer, full of our old roof.
Putting on the new roof - there was a large crew here; they worked from 7:00 am to 8:45 pm the first day, and were back at it by 6:45 am the following day, finishing around noon. What a job to have in this Texas heat!
Finally, the exterior is all finished:
Ahhh! We love it.
Just because, here's the progress pictures once more, in rapid order:
Big difference, right?
I have to mention one thing about having a black garage door. Whenever we pull onto our street, both Jeff and I think we've left the garage open. And it's not just us - even our neighbors say that. And in the evening, when I open the back door from the laundry room into the garage to make sure the door is closed for the night, once again I think it's open, this time from the light shining in through the row of windows! Weird, but I'm sure we'll get used to it.
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