An Army veteran in Atlanta got a new roof at no cost
Rebuilding Together Atlanta and a roofing crew replaced Deborah Scott's leaking roof and took down a failing chimney. The job would usually cost a homeowner close to $30,000.
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Army veteran Deborah Scott got a new roof on Wednesday at no cost, Atlanta News First reported. She served in Desert Storm in the early 1990s and bought her house in southeast Atlanta in 2000. That was the last time the roof had been replaced. It held for more than 20 years, she said, until it started leaking in the laundry room.
Rooks Roofing did the work through the Owens Corning Roof Deployment Project. Rebuilding Together Atlanta selected Scott's application. Matt Abernathy, general manager of the roofing company, said a homeowner would usually pay close to $30,000, and that Scott is not paying out of pocket. The crew also took down a chimney that was coming apart and leaking badly. Scott said she would not have been able to replace the roof on her own, and that the repair takes off a lot of stress. She encouraged other veterans to apply for the same kind of help. One house is the news here. It is not a count of every veteran in Atlanta who still needs a roof.
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Deborah Scott is a U.S. Army veteran in southeast Atlanta. She bought her house in 2000, and that was the last time the roof was replaced. It lasted more than 20 years, then it started leaking into the laundry room. A chimney was also coming apart. A roofing crew put on a new roof and took the chimney down. Rebuilding Together Atlanta chose her house for a program that pays for the work, so Scott did not have to pay. The job would usually cost close to $30,000. She said the repair takes away a lot of stress.
- Why can a leak in one room mean the whole roof needs to be replaced?
- How did a company and a nonprofit share the work so Scott did not have to pay?
- What is one way a class could thank people who fix a neighbor's house?
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