They use that pitchfork type of tool to pop up the old underlayment. In my case, it's rolled roofing under concrete tile, but in houses with asphalt shingles, it's felt paper. They use it for prying off fascia boards and lifting decking too. My house had a weird 2-stage fascia that we actually had to cut down a few inches, then remove 22" of sheathing, and put down a 24" piece in its place to have the sheathing meet the back of the fascia so there would be something solid to attach the drip edge. It's all dried in now....a 1-day job that took 2.5 days for a crew of 7. They worked from 630am to 7pm!
My roof estimates came in between $60K - $85K because it's a "Spanish" tile roof. Standard asphalt roof is $30K-$40K. I've got great insurance, so they let me pick whatever installer I want. Lotta shady roofing jobs happening around here, but I think I got a solid crew. I'm happy so far....the actual concrete tiles go on next week.....they were on a 16 week backorder from Boral in Texas. After the roof, we are replacing all 21 windows in the house and having the back windows tinted because all the trees are gone and it's already hot with all that sun beaming in! Then we are largely done....it's been a long 6 months to recover, but we can see the finish line.
There are definitely people in need around here and folks like your friends and Samaritan's Purse are doing God's work in helping out, but I am very fortunate in life, so I don't need the charity. Prefer it goes to those in need. My neighbor across the street had her house completely demolished, to include the concrete slab, by Samaritan's Purse and I was livid because she has insurance and the means to do it herself. I feel that is taking advantage.
My old roof. Putting in some more fruit trees in the backyard. We lost over a million trees in Panama City which equates to 90% of our canopy...and that's just the "city"...billions of $$ in timber was lost:
Hauling off the big pine tree...they wanted $200 to haul it off...no thanks!
One of 8 house in the neighborhood that is completely demolished:
Paid $250 to have this damaged pine taken down. Our Brittany is pointing a squirrel:
After the pine was taken down, I chopped it up into manageable pieces and slabbed out some to build some tables later on in life:
