Dear sister Diane,
Right before I went on vacation, [the contractor] stopped by and put some tar on the places he thought it might be leaking. However, this did not fix all the leaks.
I’m in quite a quandary here. I have paid [the roofing contractor] $5900 of the $6450 we agreed upon. But I don’t want to give him the rest until all these issues are solved. The back porch roof is leaking badly and I’m worried about the wood rotting up there. So if he doesn’t fix it in the next couple weeks, I’m going to have to do it myself. In that event, I will not pay him any more money for this job.
Also, several shrubs were broken when [he and his men] piled up the old shingles beside the house, and I’m still picking up old shingles today. Mom has mentioned that the new shingles in the south-east roof valley (toward the old bar) weren’t laid correctly – irregular patterns that apparently do not line up with each other where the shingles meet on this valley.
And finally, there are lots of black marks on the sides of the house, again, from where the old shingles piled up against the siding.
I really want to avoid any conflicts here. But I don’t want to pay full price for an unfinished job. In fact, I believe I have given him too much money already. But at the same time, I don’t want to cause any friction between you and [your husband] and [that roofing contractor]. I know that this is not your problem, and I don’t want you to get involved in it beyond just reminding [that roofing contractor] to call me when you see him again.
Let me know if you have further thoughts.
Gotta get to work, so I have to end this for now. Talk to you later,
Tom Hesley
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