Well, for whatever this is worth, and really it is not worth anything to you Conrad, but I have embarked on a housing adventure that started off kind of 'stingie' and continues to get worse. My roof was structurally damaged this last winter by our record snowfall and needs to be replaced.... and by 'roof', I mean the rafters and of course the entire sheathing (paper or snow and ice barrier, shingles, etc.). This resulted in a contest with the insurance company along with some truly shocking estimates as well as the level of repair necessary; basically the second floor needs a new second floor.
I do not want to get into a lot of detail as this is an on- going situation (read: 'contest') but I will say that before the first stick is removed, we have been blown off by multiple contractors, multiple structural engineers and multiple pest control companies (discovered a bat infestation upon gaining access to the attic, which has been sealed and un-enterable by humans since 1948).... usually with the 'I will get back to you with an [estimate, plan, time table, whatever] and never hearing from them again. And this goes all the way to my ins. company, which when I call them I get voice mail (of course) but the voice mails are full and so I cannot even leave a message. And this situation was multiple times with multiple parties- I was eventually told that everyone's voice mails is "full" and so I cannot contact them.
We have now moved completely out of the second floor, have had movers move our 'stuff' (in the George Carlin version of "stuff" and "$#it" routine) out of the house and have had the bats evicted (the bat sheriff comes along and puts up a little poster which says "you have 30 days to vacate the premises, after which period".... and so forth) and have the bat clean- up crew coming this week. After that, we can begin the De-construction (more difficult and expensive than demolition) of the second floor, come up with a scheme of rebuilding (the house is post and beam construction and will take a custom mechanical design to put a new roof on it that will meet current code), and begin that process. I hope to have a new structural roof on the house before snow flies (Nov- Dec at the latest) but the inside, including partition walls and floors, and the outside covering as well as trim, gutters, etc., etc. will probably not be gotten at until next spring.
So take heart, at least your difficulties are limited to the outside of your home; it could be a lot worse. My wife is not taking this well at all and it is proving to be a pretty big strain in every way imaginable, starting with emotionally, moving through financially, and finally on to the sheer size of this project, which will end up all the way to the ground as the house will have to be re-sided and very probably, re- windowed.
UGH.
And I do wish you the very best successes with your new roof- it does sound like it still has at least the possibility of coming out OK for you in the end, and you have not yet involved the legal system.
Brian
A train wreck is right.
Yes, the three panels that are too short are all on one side and these three are the last three on that end. Meaning that they can be replaced without having to remove any other panels. The metal ridge cap will have to be removed though.
At least those three shorties are covering the roof, mostly. I still have two 20' panels that didn't get ordered and the roof in that section is only covered by the water/ice membrane. Those two missing panels are at the end of the roof but on the other side from the shorties.