Tuesday night we had a hail storm role through the area. It only lasted about five minutes but it managed to topple one of our pine trees onto our roof. Luckily it landed on our chimney and the only casualty appears to be the chimney cap. The tree broke off about ten feet up and has been sitting precariously on our roof for the last two days because the rain has continued. So today when Matt got home from work I told him that we needed to get it down (it was making me nervous with the kids running under it). I actually called a tree company today but they were unable to come take a look at it and I didn't want to wait another day for someone else.
So I ran to Lowes to get some plywood to cover the window that was below the tree. We climbed on the roof and started cutting branches away. We quickly became the evening entertainment as several of our neighbors came out to see what we were up to (I am kind of know for doing crazy things around the house). We got the top of the tree cut off and tied a rope to the remaining tree. We hooked the rope up to Matt's car. He quickly pulled the tree off of the chimney and away from the house. I have to say that it went very smooth. We managed to get it down without causing any additional damage. We just have a little more cleanup to do tomorrow.
Anyone want some firewood?
