Maine is notorious for Ice damming on roofs; it never ceases to amaze me at how these city-slick archetects come up here and build flat or shallow roofed buildings, which do nothing but leak like a seive despite all (expensive) efforts to shore them up.

One modern innovation that really helps is a roofing product affectionately called "Bitch-O-thane" by those who use it; it's like massive flypaper, and more than one Carpenter has gotten trapped in it while trying to lay it on a roof. If you end up re-roofing, it's the way to go. Surely Barry is familiar with the stuff.

Should your handy-guy ever be out of town, one of our reenacting buddies does that sort of thing and lives in the area. He's even been to a couple of our Chanty-Hoots.

And thanks for your help Sat. getting "China Seas moved".