Our skylight had been leaking since we moved in, because the flashing was installed poorly. We have gable vents to allow the attic/roof to breathe, so we didn't need the skylight, which doubled as a vent. The repair guys reported the roof should last another twenty years.
They also added the exhaust vent for the upstairs bathroom's fan. The small silver box you see they installed on the roof.
Previously, the vent from the bathroom ended in the attic. As a result, there was a case of old mildew in the attic, on the north facing side of the attic ceiling. The south side of the roof faces the sun, and it apparently gets hot enough during the winter to prevent condensation from forming or remaining for long stretches.
Now we can use one of the cooler quirks of the house - an old timer in the bathroom that activates the vent fan.
They also twisted four of these out of the roof. These guide wires were attached to an enormous antenna on the roof at one point, but obviously snapped. We got rid of the antenna last weekend via Craig's List. The antenna stretched the full length of the garage, where it had been since we moved in, and someone took it for scrap metal.
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