My husband did roofing, rain gutters and siding for 25 years before going to work for IBM.........we're doing the roofing and siding on our house ourselves right now. It is truly amazing how many people have stopped by here when we've been out there asking if we were looking to hire anyone to do it.
I was sort of embarrassed one day when I had to say no to 2 guys that I know.....they didn't realize it was our house. The contractor they USED to work for is only hiring day laborers anymore and not checking documentation according to these 2 guys....guys I know for a fact were born right here in this county. According to them because they can't prove the contractor is hiring illegals no one wants to talk to them about turning the guy in.
I don't buy the crapola the illegals are only doing jobs Americans won't...........I know far too many people cleaning hotel rooms and bussing tables and doing lawn/yard work to believe it for a second. Heck the guy that tilled up 10,000 square feet of field for us this morning was born about a mile from where he now lives.....and he had 2 more to do before he went to his regular part-time job at the Elks Lodge as a bartender.....in fact it was at the Elks Lodge that we met him, after he had finished his regular full time job :)
Kudos to your husband, but I still hate roofing and tar.