[Woodworkers] Fwd: Re: Composite roof replacement

[Steve Bigelow via Woodworkers]

Thanks for all of the replies, everyone.

I've got a roofing contractor coming out on Wednesday to give me a damage
estimate.

My wife was supposed to call the insurance company today and play the "dumb
female" role. She's still at work, so I don't know how that went.

A few months ago my truck was totalled by a falling tree on my property,
and my shop roof was also damaged. I know when they paid out on the shop
roof, they only gave a fraction of the replacement cost because it was 10
years old. On the other hand, they gave me quite a bit of money to replace
a broken truss (estimate involved bringing a crane on site, along with a
structural engineer). It was only broken from the point where the roof
meets the wall, and out. A sistered 2x6 fixed it up quite nicely, and cost
me about $0, since I had one on hand that was salvaged from another project.

Side story on the truck. It was a 2003 Silverado LT 2500 HD crew cab with
the 8.1L gas engine and the Allison 6 speed transmission. Every option
available on the interior, customized computer settings, level ride kit,
air bags in the rear for tow height adjustment, custom 1/2 ton rated
sliding bed, custom canopy, oversized offroad tires with 92% tread left.
Almost impossible to find, and it has (had) more pulling power than even
the diesel version. Only 104,000 miles on the odometer, perfect condition
inside and out. It was my baby. The insurance company offered me $14,400
for it at one point. Many email exchanges later, and they paid out just
over $21,000. I put about 10 hours into researching the value, so that was
time well spent. Icing on the cake is that I paid $18,000 for 7 years /
40,000 miles ago. :-).

Since I haven't replaced the truck yet, I now know where that money will be
spent.


Regards,
-Steve
http://woodworking.bigelowsite.com
http://pen-blanks.us

On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 1:21 AM, parapower44 via Woodworkers <
woodworkers at lists.sawdusters.org> wrote:

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> From: Joe Johns via Woodworkers <woodworkers at lists.sawdusters.org>
> Date: 1/22/17 9:07 AM (GMT-06:00)
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> Subject: Re: [Woodworkers] Composite roof replacement
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> On Sat, Jan 21, 2017 at 7:01 PM, Steve Bigelow via Woodworkers <
> woodworkers at lists.sawdusters.org> wrote:
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> Slightly off topic, but I just went up into the attic in my house and
>> realized that the roof is desperately in need of replacement. Honestly, if
>> I waited any longer, I'd have to start replacing the sheathing.
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>> The question is, should I rip off the old and replace, or just roof over
>> existing? Existing is about 15 years old and completely shot. It's the only
>> layer on the roof.
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> ​Well, speaking as a roofer and one who has done many roofs I can easily
> say the following.​
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> ​All asphalt shingles come with a warranty period.  Once that period has
> arrived you won't get squat from the manufacturer so don't even bother.
>
> I have seen (but will never ever do myself) a new layer of shingles being
> laid over the old but I would not recommend doing it.  When you remove
> everything down to the sheathing you get the chance to inspect the
> structure and repair things you wouldn't have seen by roofing over.  Things
> like valley and vertical wall flashing, fascia, chimney and vent breaches,
> etc.
>
> Dave mentioned ​checking with your insurance agent.  Save the
> embarrassment because they'll laugh themselves silly at you.  They'll cover
> roofs from acts of nature such as hail or a tree crashes down on it but
> they know what a roof that has reached its warranty period looks like.
>
> Since it's the middle of winter you can stop gap any leakage into the home
> by throwing blue tarps over the ridge and nailing 3/4" strip on each edge
> or lap over and along the eaves.
>
> As for replacement roofing materials:
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> Shingles   - 30-year architectural (Pabco or Elk are really good brands -
> stay the hell away from IKO and GAF)
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> Metal       -  Fabral (do a search for Fabral roofing)
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> Synthetic -  TPO (do a search for TPO Roofing) - this stuff is amazing
>
> --
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