Shingles
My father talked to his friend who does roofing for a living. He is going to come over to my house to look at my problem. He will also go into my attic to check for leaks. Since the black streaks are only on the back side of my house I may not do anything right now. If they were on the front I'd have to do something for appearance. I'm going to look to see if there is any warranty on the roof. I know when I purchased the house several things did include a warranty. I'm going to talk to him for my future reference about removing the existing shingles, not just putting on another layer of shingles. My father said they usually do just add another layer of shingles but then again my father's home doesn't have the problems my house does. It is a great help living in a small town where people do things for each other without charging anything. Although I've seen that generally these are people who have always lived here, most of the younger generation aren't like that which is sad. Only problem with living in a small town is everyone knows each others business, which I hate. There are so many people I don't even know that know all about me, my life and the things I've gone through. They can now add my roofing problem to the list. By the time it gets around the loop of people the story will change to my shingles are falling off, I have extremely bad water damage in my house and so on. I have to laugh it off. What else can you do? If you ever want to know something about someone just visit our post office or the only gas station we have here. You'll hear all sorts of stories. Personally I stay out of the gossip but often I'll go to the store the owner to start telling you the local gossip, it's almost like they feel it's their job. This sounds crazy but once just for fun I told the store owner I was moving to out of state. It took 1 day to get around town, my mother called me asking me what was this about me moving out of state. My ex was already asking his attorney to see what could be done about preventing me from moving. Yes, it was a mean thing to do but I couldn't help myself. Sorry to get off the topic, I do tend to carry on. I guess you have to weigh out the pros and cons of living in a small town. Lisa