Bog: i'm so sorry to hear about the roof damage and more importantly the damage to the inside of your shop that you've put your hard sweat and money into making so much better.
you've said that your landlord isn't in a position to repair the roof so i'm guessing any repairs are yours to pay for so here's a few suggestions that might help.
since you are not a roofer and usually roofers have terrible running vehicles maybe you can find an excellent roofer and offer to repair a non running truck or keep a few of his running better than they ever have.
as far as materials some big companies throw out better lumber than you can buy in the lumber yards so do a little driving around and talk to a few contractors or company owners and see if you can get some of the material free (saves them the dump fees) or offer to pay for it if they'll stack it up and call you when it's ready.
as always I know you'll figure it out and I'm always sending you my (our) best wishes that you get this resolved before the cold weather and snow comes.
take care and best of luck!!
Fortunately, I split the repair costs with the lady that owns the place.
She paid for the materials and I paid for transport, labor, food for the workers and a lot of beer because that's how workers function around here.
I had to almost stop working on cars this week. Only changed a Mini fuel pump and did an intake manifold cleaning and replaced an EGR cooler for a X3. I had to work on the roof and also get the materials on the roof and clean the yard.
Thank you for your kind words. It meant a lot.
Hi Bogdan
So sorry to hear about all your bad luck! If Bucharest wasn't that far I would be happy to help you out with the repair of the roof. Doesn't the owner has some kind of insurance? I had a lot of damage earlier this year when we had a heavy storm here and got money from the insurance rather easy. I'm lucky to have a really good insurance contact so that helps a lot.
Hi wout!
Thank you!
No insurance because no company would insure such an old building with a crappy roof. Maybe she will be able to buy insurance now.
About the Volvo, don't know how it's now but some years ago a '40' Volvo wasn't a real Volvo but more or less a Renault (engine, components etc...) and so not as good as a real Volvo. A coworker of my had a V40 for some years and finally sold it because the brakes were broken all the time and very hard to fix for good. So hope you get yours fixed well. I have such a special (Hazet) tool to make brakelines, pity you're that far away.
Don't let all the bad luck get you down, forward is the only way!
Wout
It appears that this generation V40 is made in collaboration with Mitsubishi and shares some parts with Mitsubishi Carisma.
It's a ****** car. I will fix it and I will sell it next year.
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The roof is done.
My girlfriend's father helped me with the roof. He had a heart attack and a double bypass surgery earlier this year, so he told me and the guy that did half the work what to do. I made sure he stayed in the shade and no heavy lifting.
He is crazy about fishing so he bought an old house in a rural part of Romania, close to the Danube. I went there on Wednesday morning at 6 o'clock and drove them to the garage.
They started to remove the old roof while me and the owner went and bought all the supplies.
I had to get some parts off a car and then I climbed the roof and got timber up. Roofing is very difficult because it's really hot on the roof and you have to keep your balance and be very careful.
We replaced a lot of rafters because they were really rotten.
On Wednesday we finished almost all the woodwork.
Thursday was all about getting the metal roof panels on the roof and bolting everything down. It was a lot of work and we finished at 10:30 pm.
I got them home at midnight and got a speeding ticket on the way there.
I was back home at 2 in the morning and got a few hours of sleep.
On Friday I had to finish a car so I got on the roof in the evening. I got the last 4 panels bolted, but I wasn't finished.
Today I got back in the morning, bolted everything down. There's even a picture of the celebratory last bolt.
I got all the old metal panels to the scrap yard, arranged the wood that wasn't completely destroyed - I will cut it next weekd and I will use it as firewood.
I got some remaining wood off the roof and I will use it to build a firewood shed. I also started building the roof for the restroom.
I cleaned the yard and started cleaning the attic. That will take a lot of time.
I will do what it takes to finished all the repairs and interior renovations in 3 months.
This means repairing the garage ceiling, renovating the restroom, doing the garage front. Put a roof on the restroom.
