Have you heard of ice dams? It's when ice forms on the roof with a pocket underneath that holds water, which often leaks into the house. Apparently it's a frequent thing in Minnesota come wintertime. And such a thing happened to our rental. One evening, our kitchen's ceiling light started dripping. Another night it happened again with a new neighboring drip. By the end of the season, there was a two foot, ugly crack right in the middle of the kitchen. Our owners wanted to wait until it was warm to do repairs and kindly arranged it when we were away on vacation. Well, that one-week estimate turned into two months of a dozen contractors visiting the house sporadically. But they finally finished and it looks good! And despite the repeated intrusions (and our owners being furious at the contractors who didn't seem to have their act together half the time), all that work was especially entertaining for my three kiddos.
P.S. Speaking of kiddos, I have a new niece! Isn't she precious?!
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