When the fire occured twelve years ago, the firefighters cut holes in the roof. These holes were then covered with plywood and plastic, but over the years the plastic disintegrated and the plywood started rotting.
Consequently, the roof had been leaking for a few years.
Yesterday Handyman and his friend patched one of the holes. First they had to sister in four new rafters because the firefighters cut a little too deep. Then they put in a piece of plywood, some tar paper, and the closest match we could find for the shingles.
The shingles aren't a perfect match, but it's on the back of the house, so we don't really care. Eventually we'll need a whole new roof anyway, so we can live with this for a while.
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