Originally Posted By: sciphi
My wife is scared that I'll fall, so she's not budging on hiring somebody to re-roof the house. The discussion was had multiple times, and always the same result. No DIY on this one.
I'm with your wife on this one. I don't know about your situation, but our household is a single income household, and I have no business being up on a roof, possibly getting hurt, and jeopardizing our single income source. I don't even climb too high on ladders much -- I just don't feel that the reward is worth the risk.
And that's just the financial piece. Even if finances were completely covered either way -- I'm not going to risk my health and well-being (and ability to drive, etc) to save a few thousand dollars on a roof. I know someone who is paralyzed because he fell off a ladder. He can't drive; he can't even walk through a park on a nice day.
It does happen.