My wife and I waited as long as possible to update the roof. Eventually, the insurance refused to renew our policty without a up-to-date roof. By then, we’d found quite a few stray shingles in the yeard after every windstorm. During rainstorms, the two of us needed to run around and set up pots and buckets to catch the drips. We knew the two of us were at risk of dire water destruction to the structure of the home. The project was high-priced, time-consuming and labor-intensive. We had roofing corporations setting up ladders, trampling the garden and making noise truly early in the day. Because there were so multiple layers of seasoned roof, the whole thing needed to be torn off. With the roof getting torn off, the two of us didn’t dare the run cooling system. We knew it would cost us a advantage and put a great deal of wear and tear on the cooling system, going without a/c during the month of June was awful. The outside temperature climbed into the upper eighties during the day and didn’t truly cool off much at night. My whole family was anxious for the roofing job to be completed. When the corporations finally packed up, handed us a bill and left, I expected it to take a long time for the house to cool down. Instead, I was surprised by how abruptly the cooling system achieved a comfortable temperature. I’ve since figured out that the up-to-date roof has significantly impoved the energy efficiency of the home. I now pay much lower electric bills in the Summer and heating bills in the winter.