While waiting for lunch to return and without anything pressing to work on, Nate and I decide to pull at the Ivy and see how hard the removal will be. A little back story, I received a letter from Farmers saying my policy was being cancelled because the house is uninsurable. After getting over the shock, I read a little deeper and discover that it is simply due to the ivy. I had already planned to remove the ivy due to its destructive power when it comes to house frames, chimneys, etc. This just moves up my timeline. As it turns out, the ivy is not too difficult to remove, once you accept that it will dominate the paint - there is no way around that.
After the lunch break, Melissa courageously volunteers to climb to the roof and attack the ivy at the roof line and on the top of the chimney. Meanwhile, Nate is at ground level pulling down the ivy in big chunks. In many cases it pulls off like a giant blanket. Other areas take more effort, but after an hour or so they have successfully removed 95% of the ivy. The remaining bits are at the perfect height near the apex of the house where it is too low for Melissa and too high for Nate to reach. I will need to purchase a ladder to finish up this job, but having a ladder around is a very good idea.
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